Commission Regulation (EC) No 990/2003 of 10 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 968/2002 increasing the quantity of barley held by the intervention agency of the United Kingdom for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2003-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 990/2003

of 10 June 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 968/2002 increasing the quantity of barley held by the intervention
agency of the United Kingdom 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)

(3)

(4)

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.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 968/2002 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 937/2003 (6), opened a
standing invitation to tender for the export of 88 011
tonnes of barley held by the intervention agency of the
United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom informed the Commission of the
intention of
its intervention agency to increase by
34 501 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-
tion to tender for export has been opened. In view of
the market situation, the request of the United Kingdom
should be granted.

This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it
necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in
store without delay.

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 968/2002 should be amended
accordingly.

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 968/2002 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
122 512 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun-
tries with the exception of Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech
Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,
Mexico, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and
the United States of America.

The regions in which the 122 512 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 Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2003.

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 149, 7.6.2002, p. 15.
(6) OJ L 133, 29.5.2003, p. 51.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

England

Scotland

(tonnes)

Quantity

50 441

72 071’