Commission Regulation (EC) No 2330/2002 of 23 December 2002 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2002 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries except Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia
Date: 2002-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export, export refund, rye, third country

L 349/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2330/2002

of 23 December 2002

amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2002 opening an invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of rye to all third countries except Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the appli-
cation 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), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

for

the adoption of

trade agreements
Negotiations
between the Community and Bulgaria,
the Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia establishing certain
concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for
a number of agricultural products and the total liberali-
sation of trade in other agricultural products have been
concluded. One of the concessions is the abolition of
refunds in the cereals sector. This relates in particular to
rye.

In order that these agreements may be adopted and in
the interests of clarifying the export conditions for all
operators in the cereals sector at the start of 2003, in
the
particular given the duration of export
refunds for rye should be abolished from 1 January
2003.

licences,

The destinations provided for in Regulation (EC) No
900/2002 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1632/
2002 (6), should therefore be amended.

(4)

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 900/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2002 of 30 May
2002 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
the
export of rye to all third countries except Bulgaria,
Lithuania,
Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Slovenia.’

Estonia, Hungary,

Latvia,

2. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
The tendering procedure shall concern rye for export
to all third countries except Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.’

3. The title of Annex I is replaced by the following:

‘Weekly tender for the refund for the export of rye to all
third countries except Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.’

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 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 142, 31.5.2002, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 247, 14.9.2002, p. 3.