CELEX: 32000R0944
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 944/2000 of 4 May 2000 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 756/2000

L 108/26               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       5.5.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 944/2000
                                                             of 4 May 2000
               fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to
                                          tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 756/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the
                                                                                maximum reduction in the duty.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)    The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
                                                                                current market situation for the cereal in question results
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      in the maximum reduction in the import duty being
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                 (4)    The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
1999 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,                              ered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                                chairman,
Whereas:
(1)     an invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        the duty on maize imported into Spain was opened
        pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 756/
        2000 (3).                                                                                    Article 1
                                                                         For tenders notified from 28 April to 4 May 2000, pursuant to
(2)     Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No           the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 756/
        1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1963/              2000, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported
        95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid          shall be 58,99 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum
        down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,               quantity of 329 300 tonnes.
        may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import
        duty; in fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in                                    Article 2
        Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be
        taken into account; whereas a contract is awarded to any         This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 4 May 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  92, 13.4.2000, p. 8.
(4) OJ L  177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  189, 10.8.1995, p. 22.