Commission Regulation (EC) No 537/2002 of 25 March 2002 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries
Date: 2002-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Portugal, award of contract, import, maize, originating product, tariff reduction, third country

26.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 82/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 537/2002

of 25 March 2002

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

imports of maize should be opened in the framework of
these special arrangements for imports.

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

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 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 maize into Portugal.

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 Portuguese market.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 maize to be imported into Portugal.

2.
The invitation to tender shall be open until 23 May 2002.
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-

3.
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.

Article 3

(3)

In the light of current market needs in Portugal, an
invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on

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, 25 March 2002.

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 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.