CELEX: 31997R2561
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2561/97 of 18 December 1997 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97

L 349/54              l~EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               19 . 12. 97
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2561/97
                                                       of 18 December 1997
                     fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
                                  invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1501 /95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
                                                                     tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
 Community,                                                          relates to an export tax;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria to
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
                                                                     the current market situation for the cereal in question
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                     results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
 No 923/96 (2),
                                                                     amount specified in Article 1 ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 1501 /95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Cereals,
 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           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(EC) No 2052/97 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the                                     Article 1
 tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries
                                                                     For tenders notified from 12 to 18 December 1997,
 except Ceuta, Melilla and certain ACP States was opened
 pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1339/97 (*),              pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in amended
 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1884/97 (^                         Regulation (EC) No 1339/97, the maximum refund on
                                                                     exportation of common wheat shall be ECU 13,89 per
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501 /95                     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 19 December
 the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No         1997.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 18 December 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0    OJ L  126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3)  OJ L  147,  30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4)  OJ L  287,  21 . 10 . 1997, p. 14.
(5)  OJ L  184,  12. 7. 1997, p. 7.
(<■) OJ L  265,  27. 9. 1997, p. 73.