Commission Regulation (EC) No 362/2000 of 17 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 increasing to 645 788 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Swedish intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 362/2000

of 17 February 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 increasing to 645 788 tonnes the quantity of barley held by
the Swedish 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,

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.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 295/2000 (6), opened a
standing invitation to tender for the export of 634 125
tonnes of barley held by the Swedish intervention
agency. Sweden informed the Commission of the inten-
tion of its intervention agency to increase by 11 663
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to
tender for export has been opened. The total quantity of
barley held by the Swedish intervention agency for
which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened should be increased to 645 788 tonnes.

store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 must
therefore be amended.

(4)

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 1667/98 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
645 788 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun-
tries with the exception of the United States of America,
Canada and Mexico.

The regions in which the 645 788 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, 17 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 211, 29.7.1998, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 8.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Ättersta
Boarp
Brännarp
Broddbo 1
Broddbo 2
Djurön
Ervalla
Falun
Fammarp
Funbo-Lövsta
Gamleby
Gårdsjö
Gävle
Gimo
Gistad
Gullspång
Halmstad (Engströms)
Hästholmen
Helsingborg
Hova
Kalmar
Karlshamn
Katrineholm
Köping
Laholm
Mariestad
Mjölby
Moraby
Motala
Norrtälje
Ormesta
Österbybruk
Otterbäcken
Rimforsa
Rök
Signestorp
Simonstorp
Skivarp
Söråker
Stallarholmen
Stavreviken
Stockholm (Kvarnholmen)
Tjustorp
Värnamo
Velanda
Vimmerby

(tonnes)

Quantity

7 584
2 480
2 624
5 997
6 076
112 474
934
878
19 046
6 579
2 835
2 565
10 847
23 901
3 761
2 391
4 659
5 089
73 933
12 981
15 738
87 536
2 068
38 714
2 737
1 956
1 804
1 637
2 807
10 014
17 988
10 878
4 075
21 449
4 994
4 517
5 022
17 301
13 053
2 062
1 479
29 957
19 849
5 742
10 780
3 997’