CELEX: 31999R0271
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/1999 of 4 February 1999 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1079/98

5. 2. 1999           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 32/11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 271/1999
                                                     of 4 February 1999
                 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
                              invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1079/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
Community,                                                         tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
                                                                   maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               relates to an export tax;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
No 923/96 (2),                                                     to the current market situation for the cereal in question
                                                                   results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/               amount specified in Article 1;
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the            Committee for Cereals,
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2513/98 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries                                     Article 1
with the exception of certain ACP States was opened
pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1079/98 (5),             For tenders notified from 29 January to 4 February 1999,
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2005/98 (6);                      pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
                                                                   (EC) No 1079/98, the maximum refund on exportation of
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95                    common wheat shall be EUR 33,48 per tonne.
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid                                       Article 2
down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 4 February 1999.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 154, 28. 5. 1998, p. 24.
(6) OJ L 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 8.