Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/2000 of 15 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 4 550 068 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 340/2000

of 15 February 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 4 550 068 tonnes the quantity of barley held
by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been
opened

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays down
the procedures and conditions for the disposal of cereals
held by the intervention agencies.

for

the

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 182/2000 (6), opened a
standing invitation to tender
export of
3 800 007 tonnes of barley held by the German inter-
vention agency; Germany informed the Commission of
the intention of its intervention agency to increase by
750 061 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invi-
tation to tender for export has been opened. The total
quantity of barley held by the German intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be
increased to
4 550 068 tonnes.

store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2198/98
must therefore be amended.

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1.
The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
4 550 068 tonnes of barley for export to third countries,
with the exception of the United States of America, Canada
and Mexico.

The regions in which the 4 550 068 tonnes of barley

2.
are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

(3)

This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it
necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 277, 14.10.1998, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 22, 27.1.2000, p. 44.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Quantity

(tonnes)

Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/Niedersachsen/
Bremen/Nordrhein-Westfalen

Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/Baden-Württemberg/
Saarland/Bayern

Berlin/Brandenburg/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thüringen

1 386 565

347 702

1 361 213

1 454 588’