CELEX: 32001R0770
Language: en
Date: 2001-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 770/2001 of 19 April 2001 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 555/2001

L 111/12               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       20.4.2001
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 770/2001
                                                            of 19 April 2001
               fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to
                                          tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 555/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
                                                                                 than the maximum reduction in the duty.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)     The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
                                                                                 current market situation for the cereal in question results
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                       in the maximum reduction in the import duty being
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                            fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/                 (4)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,                               accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
Whereas:
(1)     An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        the duty on maize imported into Portugal was opened
        pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/
        2001 (3).                                                                                     Article 1
                                                                         For tenders notified from 13 to 19 April 2001, pursuant to the
(2)     Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No           invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 555/2001,
        1839/95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No               the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall
        2235/2000 (5), the Commission, acting under the proce-           be 42,75 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of
        dure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No              88 000 t.
        1766/92, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the
        import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria                                              Article 2
        provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No
        1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is                This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April 2001.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 19 April 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  82, 22.3.2001, p. 12.
(4) OJ L  177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.