Commission Regulation (EC) No 2329/2002 of 23 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden
Date: 2002-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, award of contract, export refund, market intervention, oats

24.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 349/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2329/2002

of 23 December 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland
and Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Negotiations with a view to adopting trade agreements
between the Community and Bulgaria,
the Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia establishing certain
concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for
certain agricultural products and the total liberalisation
of trade in other agricultural products have recently been
concluded. The abolition of refunds in the cereals sector
is one of the concessions provided for. The abolition
relates in particular to oats.

(2) With a view to adopting these agreements and in order
to clarify the export terms at the start of 2003 for all
operators in the cereals sector, especially given the
period of validity of the export licences, the refunds for
oats should be abolished from 1 January 2003.

(3)

(4)

The destinations laid down in Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1582/2002 (3) should be amended accordingly.

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

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The first subparagraph of Article 1(1) is replaced by the

A special

following:
‘1.
intervention measure in the form of an
export refund shall be implemented in respect of 400 000
tonnes of oats produced in Finland and Sweden and
intended for export from Finland and Sweden to all third
the Czech Republic, Estonia,
countries, except Bulgaria,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.’

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

‘2.
The invitation to tender shall relate to the quantity of
oats referred to in Article 1(1) for export to all third coun-
tries, except Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.’

3. The title of Annex I is amended as follows:

‘Tender for the refund for the export of oats from Finland
the
and Sweden to all
Czech Republic,
Lithuania,
Slovakia and Slovenia.’

third countries, except Bulgaria,

Estonia, Hungary,

Latvia,

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 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 239, 6.9.2002, p. 3.