Commission Regulation (EC) No 972/2004 of 13 May 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
Date: 2004-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, award of contract, export refund, market intervention, oats

14.5.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 179/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 972/2004

of 13 May 2004

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,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of
in
cereals (1),

the market

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 (2), 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 (3), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

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
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed at
the amount specified in Article 1.

situation for

the cereal

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(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.

For tenders notified from 7 to 13 May 2004, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003,
the maximum refund on exportation of oats
shall be
EUR 21,98/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1104/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1431/2003 (OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 25.