CELEX: 32000R0520
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/2000 of 9 March 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999

L 63/26                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       10.3.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 520/2000
                                                            of 9 March 2000
               fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
                                                    Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
Community,                                                                       In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
                                                                                 bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund, as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                       well as to any tenderer whose bid relates to an export
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                            tax.
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2),                                                                (3)     The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
                                                                                 current market situation for the cereal in question results
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of                        in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the                          amount specified in Article 1.
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be             (4)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),                 accordance with the opinion of the Management
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in                        Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     An invitation to tender for the refund and/or the tax for
        the export of barley to all third countries except for the                                     Article 1
        United States of America and Canada was opened
        pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/                  For tenders notified from 3 to 9 March 2000, pursuant to the
        1999 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2322/                 invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999,
        1999 (6).                                                        the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be
                                                                         EUR 26,94/t.
(2)     Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
        the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-                                          Article 2
        fied, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
        Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix         This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 March 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 9 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  201, 31.7.1999, p. 27.
(6) OJ L  280, 30.10.1999, p. 77.