Commission Regulation (EC) No 2829/2000 of 22 December 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries
Date: 2000-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, award of contract, import, sorghum, tariff reduction, third country

23.12.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 328/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2829/2000

of 22 December 2000

opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain
from third countries

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No
1666/2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Such combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake
of
the invitation to
tender.

the satisfactory functioning of

(4)

(5)

In the light of current market needs in Spain an invita-
tion to tender for the reduction in the duty on imports
of sorghum should be opened in the framework of these
special arrangements for imports.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the Community has undertaken to import a
certain quantity of sorghum into Spain.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July
1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 (4),
lays
down the rules governing the administration of those
special arrangements. This Regulation lays down the
special additional detailed rules necessary for imple-
menting the invitation to tender,
in particular those
relating to the lodging and release of the security to be
lodged by operators to ensure compliance with their
obligations and, in particular the obligation to process
or use the imported product on the Spanish market.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998
on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 715/90 (5), provides in particular for a reduc-
tion of 60 % in the duty applicable to grain sorghum up
to a quota of 100 000 tonnes per calendar year and of
50 % in excess of that quota. If that benefit is combined
with the reduction provided for under this Regulation,
this is likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals.

An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduc-
1.
tion in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be imported into Spain.

Under this invitation to tender,

the reduction in the
2.
import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 12 of
Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 shall not apply.

The invitation to tender shall be open until 22 February
3.
2001. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued
with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of
invitation to tender.

Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as other-

4.
wise provided for in this Regulation.

Article 2

Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaning
of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission