Commission Regulation (EC) No 2257/2000 of 11 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1451/2000 increasing to 200 000 tonnes the quantity of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export to certain ACP countries has been opened
Date: 2000-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, cereals of bread-making quality, common wheat, intervention agency, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2257/2000

of 11 October 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1451/2000 increasing to 200 000 tonnes the quantity of common
wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing
invitation to tender for export to certain ACP countries 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 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000 (4),
lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by the intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2000 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2022/2000 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 100 000
tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking quality held
by the French intervention agency. France informed the
Commission of the intention of its intervention agency
to increase by 100 000 tonnes the quantity for which a
standing invitation to tender
for export has been
opened. The total quantity of common wheat of bread-
making quality held by the French intervention agency
for which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened should be increased to 200 000 tonnes.

store. Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1451/2000 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 1451/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:

A standing invitation to tender is hereby issued for
‘1.
the export of 200 000 tonnes of common wheat of bread-
making quality, held by the French intervention agency.’

2. Article 1(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3.
The regions in which the 200 000 tonnes of French
common wheat of breadmaking quality are stored listed in
Annex II.’

3. Annex II 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, 11 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1995, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 24.
(5) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 20.
(6) OJ L 242, 27.9.2000, p. 3.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Place of storage

Amiens

Châlons

Orléans

Paris

Rouen

(tonnes)

Quantity

37 000

36 000

68 000

15 000

44 000’