CELEX: 32000R0506
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 506/2000 of 8 March 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/1999 opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax for the export of rye to all third coutries

L 62/22                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        9.3.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 506/2000
                                                             of 8 March 2000
               amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/1999 opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax
                                             for the export of rye to all third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (3)     The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
                                                                                  ered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             chairman,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2),
                                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the                   Regulation (EC) No 1758/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
                                                                          1. The title is replaced by the following:
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),              ‘opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax for
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in                     the export of rye to all third countries except Estonia,
particular Article 4 thereof,                                                 Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
                                                                              Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia’.
Whereas:
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1758/1999 (5) opens                 2. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:
        an invitation to tender for the export of rye to all third            ‘2.    The invitation to tender shall cover rye for export to
        countries.                                                            all third countries except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
                                                                              the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary,
(2)     The increasingly closer links between the European
                                                                              Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia’.
        Union and certain central and eastern European coun-
        tries and the current situation on the rye market in those        3. The title of Annex I is replaced by the following:
        countries mean that Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
        the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania,                       ‘Weekly tender for the refund or the tax for the export of
        Bulgaria and Slovenia should be ruled out as destinations             rye to all third countries except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
        under the invitation to tender for the export of rye. The             Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary,
        export refunds awarded for rye are valid for all third                Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia’.
        countries. In order to avoid undesirable exports to
        markets in those countries, those destinations should                                          Article 2
        not qualify for the refunds granted under the invitation
        to tender for the export of rye opened by Regulation              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        (EC) No 1758/1999.                                                publication 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, 8 March 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  147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L  313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L  210, 10.8.1999, p. 3.