Commission Regulation (EC) No 1710/2002 of 26 September 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002
Date: 2002-09-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, award of contract, export refund, oats

27.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 259/49

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1710/2002

of 26 September 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting
of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in
the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002 (4), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002 (5), and in particular Article 4
therof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002
of 5 September 2002 on a special
intervention measure for
cereals in Finland and Sweden (6), and in particular Article 8
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from
Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002, except for
Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia und Hungary.

Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 provides that
the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
fied,
Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
the
in the maximum export
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 20 to 26 September 2002, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1582/
2002, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be
EUR 0,00/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 September 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 September 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 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 243, 13.9.2001, p. 15.