CELEX: 31994R2712
Language: en
Date: 1994-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2712/94 of 8 November 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on grain sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

9 . 11 . 94                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 288/5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2712/94
                                                      oiE 8 November 1994
                  opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on grain sorghum
                                         imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        of maize into Portugal (*), as amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                   No 2660/94 (7), lays down the special additional detailed
                                                                   rules necessary for implementing the invitation to tender,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in particular those relating to the lodging and release of
Community,                                                         the security to be lodged by operators to ensure compli­
                                                                   ance with their obligations and, in particular, the obliga­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 of             tion to process or use the imported product on the
17 December 1993 on special arrangements for imports               Spanish market ;
of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1993 ('),
and in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 thereof,                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
Whereas, as part of an agreement with the United States
of America, the Community has undertaken to import a
certain quantity of maize and grain sorghum into Spain in
1993 ; whereas by Regulation (EC) No 532/94 (2) exten­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ding the measures taken under the abovementioned
agreement, the Council approved the extension of that
agreement to 1994 ;                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, within the framework of those rights and obli­            1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
gations, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 1 /94 (3) opened          reduction in the import levy referred to in Article 10 of
invitations to tender for the reduction in the levy on             Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (8) on grain
import of the quantities remaining in 1993 ; whereas               sorghum to be imported into Spain, in addition to the
these quantities were not covered by the invitations to            invitations to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
tender ; whereas, in the light of current market needs in          11 /94.
Spain, the balance left for import should be earmarked for
that country ; whereas, to that end, a new invitation to           2.    Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
tender should be opened ;                                          import levy on grain sorghum provided for in Article 1 1
                                                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5                    3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 8
March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­              December 1994. During that period, weekly invitations
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP         in the notice of invitation to tender.
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 235/94 (*),                 4. Regulation (EC) No 675/94 shall apply save as
provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the levy         otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 1100 000
tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that
quota ; whereas, if that benefit is combined with the                                         Article 2
reduction provided for under this Regulation, this iis likely
to disturb the Spanish market for cereals ; whereas such           Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake of the          shall be valid from the date they are issued within the
satisfactory functioning of the invitation to tender ;             meaning of Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 675/94,
                                                                   until 31 December 1994.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/94 of 25
March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application                                     Article 3
of the special arrangements for Council Regulations (EC)
No 3640/93, (EC) No 1799/94 and (EC) No 3670/93
concerning imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                    European Communities.
(') OJ   No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 13.
O   OJ   No L 68, 11 . 3. 1994, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 4, 6. 1 . 1994, p. 6.                                (*) OJ No L 83, 26. 3. 1994, p. 26.
(4) OJ   No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                              0 OJ No L 284, 1 . 11 . 1994, p. 29.
(0  OJ   No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.                             (8) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 8 November 1994,
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission