CELEX: 32000R0168
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/2000 of 25 January 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 450 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 21/8                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26. 1. 2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 168/2000
                                                            of 25 January 2000
               amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 450 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of
               breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to
                                                  tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                                  1758/98 must therefore be amended;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (4)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
                                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays                                        Article 1
        down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of
        cereals held by the intervention agencies;                        Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 is hereby amended as follows:
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 ( ),        5       1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2050/1999 (6),                  ‘Article 2
        opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
        3 150 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality held                 1.     The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
        by the French intervention agency; whereas France                     3 450 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality to be
        informed the Commission of the intention of its inter-                exported to all third countries.
        vention agency to increase by 300 000 tonnes the                      2.     The regions in which the 3 450 000 tonnes of wheat
        quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for                of breadmaking quality are stored are stated in Annex I to
        export has been opened; whereas the total quantity of                 this Regulation.’
        wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French inter-
        vention agency for which a standing invitation to tender          2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
        for export has been opened should be increased to
        3 450 000 tonnes;                                                                              Article 2
(3)     Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        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, 25 January 2000.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L  221, 8.8.1998, p. 3.
(6) OJ L  255, 30.9.1999, p. 13.
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                                               ANNEX
                                              ‘ANNEX I
                                                                       (tonnes)
                          Place of storage                    Quantity
               Amiens                                         283 000
               Châlons                                        280 000
               Clermont-Ferrand                                10 000
               Dijon                                          129 000
               Lille                                          600 000
               Lyon                                            40 000
               Nancy                                           36 000
               Nantes                                          30 000
               Orléans                                        912 000
               Paris                                          284 000
               Poitiers                                       253 000
               Rennes                                          49 000
               Rouen                                          544 000’