CELEX: 31997R0145
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 145/97 of 27 January 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries

28 . 1 . 97          EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 25/ 17
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 145/97
                                                       of 27 January 1997
                    opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported
                                             into Portugal from third countries
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Committee for Cereals,
   Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
   market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission
                                                                                           Article 1
   Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 1 2
  ( 1 ) thereof,                                                   1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
  Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement          on Agriculture       reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10 (2)
  concluded during the Uruguay Round           of multilateral     of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported
  trade negotiations, the Community has        undertaken to       into Portugal .
  import a certain quantity of maize into      Portugal;           2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 13
                                                                   March 1997. During that period, weekly invitations shall
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26
                                                                  be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in
  July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas      the notice of invitation to tender.
  for maize and sorghum into Spain and maize into
  Portugal (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                  3 . Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
  1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the administra­      otherwise provided for in this Regulation .
  tion of those special arrangements; whereas this Regula­
  tion lays down the special additional detailed rules neces­                              Article 2
  sary for implementing the invitation to tender, in parti­
 cular those relating to the lodging and release of the secu­     Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
 rity to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance with         shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
 their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to          within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC)
 process or use the imported product on the Portuguese            No 1839/95.
 market;
                                                                                           Article 3
 Whereas in the light of current market needs in Portugal,
 an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 imports of maize should be opened in the framework of            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 these special arrangements for imports;                          European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 27 January 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
I1) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
 4) OJ No L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.