Commission Regulation (EC) No 2223/2003 of 18 December 2003 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, oats

L 332/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2223/2003

of 18 December 2003

fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003

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 1104/
2003 (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 1431/2003 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
of 15 October 2003 on a special
intervention measure for
cereals in Finland and Sweden for the marketing year 2003/
04 (5), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from
Finland or Sweden to all third countries except Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,
Poland,
the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1814/2003.

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003 provides
that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders
notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
in the maximum export
the
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

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

For tenders notified from 12 to 18 December 2003, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/
2003, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be
EUR 18,96/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 25.