Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/2002 of 23 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 899/2002 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries except Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia
Date: 2002-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export, export refund, third country

24.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 349/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2331/2002
of 23 December 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 899/2002 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
export of common wheat to all third countries except Hungary, Poland, 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)

Negotiations with a view to adopting trade agreements
between the Community and Bulgaria,
the Czech
Republic, Romania, 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. In the cereals sector, one of the
concessions provided for is the abolition of export
refunds, in particular with respect to common wheat.

(2) With a view to adopting these agreements, and in order
to clarify the export terms at the beginning of 2003 for
all exporters in the cereals sector, in particular in view
licences, export
of
refunds for common wheat should be abolished from 1
January 2003.

the period of validity of export

(3)

The destinations laid down in Commission Regulation
(EC) No 899/2002 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1520/2002 (6), should therefore be amended.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 899/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 899/2002 of 30 May
2002 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
export of common wheat
third countries except
Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the
Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.’

to all

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

‘2.
The invitation to tender shall cover common wheat
for export to all third countries except Bulgaria, Estonia,
the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.’

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

to all

‘Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common
third countries except Bulgaria, Estonia,
wheat
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
the Czech Republic,
Romania, 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. 11.
(6) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 18.