CELEX: 31995R2875
Language: en
Date: 1995-12-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2875/95 of 13 December 1995 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries

14. 12. 95           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 301 / 17
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2875/95
                                                    of 13 December 1995
                  opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported
                                              into Spain 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
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                                           Article 1
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
No 1 863/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                  reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10 (2)
                                                                  of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported
                                                                  into Spain.
Whereas, pursuant to th$ Agreement            on Agriculture
concluded during the Uruguay Round             of multilateral    2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 14
trade negotiations, the Community has          undertaken to      March 1996. During that period, weekly invitations shall
import a certain quantity of maize into       Spain ;             be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in
                                                                  the notice of invitation to tender.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26               3. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas        otherwise provided for in this Regulation .
for maize and sorghum into Spain and maize into
Portugal (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)                                     Article 2
No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the admi­
nistration of those special arrangements ; whereas this           1 . Import licences issued in December 1995 under
Regulation lays down the special additional detailed rules        these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days from 1
necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, in           January 1996.
particular those relating to the lodging and release of the
security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance           2. Import licences issued as from 1 January 1996
with their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to      under these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days
process or use the imported product on the Spanish                from the date they are issued, within the meaning of
market ;                                                          Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
                                                                                           Article 3
Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain, 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, 13 December 1995.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(*) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
b) OJ No L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22