Commission Regulation (EC) No 905/2000 of 2 May 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 650 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2000-05-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, cereals of bread-making quality, common wheat, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 905/2000

of 2 May 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 650 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of
breadmaking quality held by the French 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.

for

the

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 168/2000 (6), opened a
standing invitation to tender
export of
3 450 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality held
by the French intervention agency. France informed the
Commission of the intention of its intervention agency
to increase by 200 000 tonnes the quantity for which a
standing invitation to tender
for export has been
opened. The total quantity of wheat of breadmaking
quality held by the French intervention agency for which
a standing invitation to tender for export has been
opened should be increased to 3 650 000 tonnes.

store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 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 1758/98 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
3 650 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality to be
exported to all third countries.

2.
The regions in which the 3 650 000 tonnes of wheat
of breadmaking quality 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, 2 May 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 221, 8.8.1998, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 21, 26.1.2000, p. 8.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Amiens
Bordeaux
Châlons
Clermont-Ferrand
Dijon
Lille
Lyon
Nancy
Nantes
Orléans
Paris
Poitiers
Rennes
Rouen

(tonnes)

Quantity

283 000
17 000
290 000
10 000
129 000
675 000
40 000
36 000
30 000
950 000
284 000
313 000
49 000
544 000’