Commission Regulation (EC) No 2374/2002 of 30 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 increasing to 3499978 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2002-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2374/2002

of 30 December 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 increasing to 3 499 978 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 1095/2001 (6), opened
the export of
a standing invitation to tender
3 000 055 tonnes of barley held by the German inter-
vention agency. Germany informed the Commission of
the intention of its intervention agency to increase by
499 923 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-
tion 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
3 499 978 tonnes.

(3)

(4)

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.

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 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
3 499 978 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun-
tries with the exception of the United States, Canada and
Mexico.

The regions in which the 3 499 978 tonnes of barley

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

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 30 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 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 166, 25.6.2002, p. 4.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

(tonnes)

Place of storage

Quantity

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

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

Berlin/Brandenburg/Sachsen-Anhalt/Sachsen/
Thüringen

1 222 009

321 864

1 956 105’