CELEX: 31999R1967
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1967/1999 of 15 September 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 increasing to 2 838 000 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 244/20               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   16. 9. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1967/1999
                                                          of 15 September 1999
               amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 increasing to 2 838 000 tonnes the quantity of barley 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
                                                                                  1760/98 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),                                            Article 1
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays
        down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 is hereby amended as follows:
        cereals held by the intervention agencies;                        1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                                                                              ‘Article 2
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 (5),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/1999 (6),                  1.     The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
        opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of              2 838 000 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
        2 538 000 tonnes of barley held by the French interven-               countries with the exception of the United States, Canada
        tion agency; whereas, France informed the Commission                  and Mexico.
        of the intention of its intervention agency to increase by            2.     The regions in which the 2 838 000 tonnes of barley
        300 000 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invi-                are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.’
        tation to tender for export has been opened; whereas the
        total quantity of barley held by the French intervention
        agency for which a standing invitation to tender for              2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
        export has been opened should be increased to
        2 838 000 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, 15 September 1999.
                                                                                        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. 13.
(6) OJ L  197, 29.7.1999, p. 36.
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                                             ANNEX
                                            ‘ANNEX I
                                                                     (tonnes)
                        Place of storage                    Quantity
               Amiens                                       109 500
               Châlons                                      254 000
               Dijon                                        167 000
               Lille                                        622 554
               Nantes                                        37 000
               Nancy                                         89 000
               Orléans                                      551 500
               Paris                                        151 500
               Poitiers                                     232 000
               Rouen                                        622 546
               Toulouse                                       1 400’