Commission Regulation (EC) No 1096/2003 of 25 June 2003 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 953/2002 as regards increasing the quantity of barley held by the Belgian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
Date: 2003-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1096/2003

of 25 June 2003

amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 953/2002 as regards increasing the quantity of barley
held by the Belgian 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:

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000 (4),
lays
down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 953/2002 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 937/2003 (6), opened a
standing invitation to tender for the export of 58 081
tonnes of barley held by the Belgian intervention agency.

Belgium informed the Commission of the intention of its
intervention agency to increase by 35 123 tonnes the
quantity put out to tender for export. In view of the
market situation, the request made by Belgium should
be granted.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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 953/2002 is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
1.
93 204 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third countries
with the exception of Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico,
Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and the
United States of America.

The regions in which the 93 204 tonnes of barley are

2.
stored are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 953/2002 should be amended
accordingly.

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, 25 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 147, 5.6.2002, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 133, 29.5.2003, p. 51.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

Hainaut

Liège

Namur

West Flanders

(tonnes)

Quantity

37 606

31 055

22 313

2 230’