CELEX: 32001R0555
Language: en
Date: 2001-03-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2001 of 21 March 2001 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries

L 82/12                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     22.3.2001
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 555/2001
                                                           of 21 March 2001
               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,                                     take these facts into account a further reduction should
                                                                                be made in the import duty for the purposes of invita-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           tions to tender opened by this Regulation.
Community,
                                                                         (5)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      accordance with the opinion of the Management
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           Committee for Cereals,
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
                                                                                                     Article 1
        during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-
        tiations, the Community has undertaken to import a               1.    An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduc-
        certain quantity of maize into Portugal.                         tion in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regula-
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported into Portugal.
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July
        1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of           2.    The invitation to tender shall be open until 31 May 2001.
        tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into              During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with
        Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as last            quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 (4), lays                to tender.
        down the rules governing the administration of those
        special arrangements. This Regulation lays down the              3.    Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as other-
        special additional detailed rules necessary for imple-           wise provided for in this Regulation.
        menting the invitation to tender, in particular those
        relating to the lodging and release of the security to be                                    Article 2
        lodged by operators to ensure compliance with their
        obligations and, in particular, the obligation to process        Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
        or use the imported product on the Portuguese market.            valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaning
                                                                         of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
(3)     In the light of current market needs in Portugal, an
        invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
        imports of maize should be opened in the framework of                                        Article 3
        these special arrangements for imports.
                                                                         The reduction in duty granted under the invitations to tender
(4)     As a result of the temporary closure of the Danube to            shall be increased by EUR 10 per tonne for imports originating
        trade, transport costs for maize originating in countries        in landlocked countries through which the Danube flows.
        through which that river flows and which no longer
        have access by sea to the Iberian peninsula have                                             Article 4
        increased considerably. Accordingly, the rate of duty
        applying to such imports no longer reflects the real             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        impact of the costs of transport. As a consequence, to           tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 21 March 2001.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L  256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.