CELEX: 31999R1397
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1397/1999 of 28 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 increasing to 2 338 000 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

29. 6. 1999            EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 163/37
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1397/1999
                                                       of 28 June 1999
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 increasing to 2 338 000 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,                               and quantities in store; whereas Annex I to Regula-
                                                                          tion (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 Regula-
                                                                          tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                      Management Committee for Cereals,
of 30 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/                                          Article 1
       93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/
       1999 (4), lays down the procedures and conditions          Regulation (EC) No 1760/98 is hereby amended as
       for the disposal of cereals held by the intervention       follows:
       agencies;                                                  1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
(2)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1760/                    ‘Article 2
       98 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  1.     The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
       1198/1999 (6), opened a standing invitation to                 of 2 338 000 tonnes of barley to be exported to all
       tender for the export of 2 138 000 tonnes of barley            third countries with the exception of the United States,
       held by the French intervention agency; whereas,               Canada and Mexico.
       France informed the Commission of the intention
       of its intervention agency to increase by 200 000              2.     The regions in which the 2 338 000 tonnes of
       tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation            barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
       to tender for export has been opened; whereas the              tion.'
       total quantity of barley held by the French inter-         2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
       vention agency for which a standing invitation to
       tender for export has been opened should be                                           Article 2
       increased to 2 338 000 tonnes;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(3)    Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to           publication in the Official Journal of the European
       tender makes it necessary to alter the list of regions     Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 June 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 146, 11.6.1999, p. 7.
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                                           ANNEX
                                         ‘ANNEX I
                                                                 (tonnes)
                           Place of storage             Quantity
            Amiens                                       91 000
            Châlons                                    213 000
            Dijon                                      119 000
            Lille                                      351 054
            Nantes                                       37 000
            Nancy                                        73 000
            Orléans                                    503 000
            Paris                                      139 000
            Poitiers                                   205 000
            Rouen                                      605 546
            Toulouse                                      1 400'