Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2002 of 28 May 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 increasing to 2500093 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2002-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29.5.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 883/2002

of 28 May 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 increasing to 2 500 093 tonnes the quantity of barley held
by the German 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 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.

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2482/2001 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender
the export of
2 000 316 tonnes of barley held by the German inter-
vention agency. Germany informed the Commission of
the intention of its intervention agency to increase by
499 777 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invi-
tation to tender for export has been opened. The total
quantity of barley held by the German intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be
increased to
2 500 093 tonnes.

(4)

(5)

A later date must be set for the last partial invitation to
tender for the tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
668/2001.

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 668/2001 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
2 500 093 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
countries with the exception of the United States, Canada
and Mexico.

The regions in which the 2 500 093 tonnes of barley

2.
are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.’

2. Article 5(3) is replaced by the following:

The last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 22

‘3.
May 2003, at 9 a.m. (Brussels time).’

3. Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

(3)

This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it
necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in
store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 must
therefore be amended.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into on the day of its publication 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, 28 May 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 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 24.
(5) OJ L 93, 3.4.2001, p. 20.
(6) OJ L 335, 19.12.2001, p. 3.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Quantity

(tonnes)

Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/Niedersachsen/
Bremen/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Nordrhein-Westfalen/Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/
Saarland/Baden-Württemberg/Bayern

Berlin/Brandenburg/Sachsen-Anhalt/Sachsen/
Thüringen

787 518

196 882

1 515 693’