Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2000 of 13 March 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 501 362 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 535/2000

of 13 March 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 501 362 tonnes the quantity of barley held by
the Austrian 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 1666/98 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2050/1999 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 450 320
tonnes of barley held by the Austrian intervention
agency. Austria informed the Commission of the inten-
tion of its intervention agency to increase by 51 042
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to
tender for export has been opened. The total quantity of
barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for
which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened should be increased to 501 362 tonnes.

store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 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 1666/98 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
501 362 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun-
tries with the exception of the United States of America,
Canada and Mexico.

2. The regions in which the 501 362 tonnes of barley 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, 13 March 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. 12.
(6) OJ L 255, 30.9.1999, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Niederösterreich/Wien/nördl. Burgenland
Oberösterreich
Steiermark/südl. Burgenland

(tonnes)

Quantity

374 966
95 503
30 893’