CELEX: 32000R1188
Language: en
Date: 2000-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1188/2000 of 5 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2000 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the sale of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by the German intervention agency for export to certain ACP countries in the 1999/2000 marketing year

6.6.2000               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 133/21
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1188/2000
                                                             of 5 June 2000
               amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2000 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the sale
               of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by the German intervention agency for export to
                                      certain ACP countries in the 1999/2000 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              1. Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       ‘2.     The time limit for submitting tenders for the
Community,                                                                  following partial invitation to tender shall be 9 a.m. (Brus-
                                                                            sels time) each Thursday.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                       The time limit for the partial invitation to tender shall be 9
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                    a.m. (Brussels time) on 28 September 2000.’;
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
                                                                         2. the first indent of Article 4(1) is replaced by the following:
Whereas:
                                                                            ‘— the tenderer provides written proof from an official
                                                                                 body in the ACP country of destination or a company
(1)     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 ( ), as last
                                                         3
                                                                                 having its overseas subsidiary in the said country, that
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays down                     he has concluded for the quantity in question a
        the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals                 commercial supply contract for common wheat for
        held by intervention agencies.                                           export to an ACP State or to several States within one
                                                                                 of the groups of ACP States listed in Annex I. Such
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2000 (5) issued a                      proof shall be lodged with the competent authorities at
        standing invitation to tender for the sale of common                     least two working days before the date of the partial
        wheat of breadmaking quality held by the German inter-                   invitation to tender against which the tender is to be
        vention agency for export to certain ACP countries. The                  submitted.’;
        time limit for the last partial invitation to tender
        provided for in that Regulation should be fixed at a later       3. Article 5(2) is replaced by the following:
        date.
                                                                            ‘2.     Export licences shall be valid from their date of issue
(3)     As a result of the extension of this invitation to tender,          within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
        certain provisions of the invitation to tender should be            2131/93 until the end of the fourth month following.’;
        adjusted and in particular a standard term of validity for
        export licences should be established of the current
                                                                         4. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
        month plus four months.
                                                                            ‘Article 7
(4)     The final date for the removal of cereals and the relevant
        provisions should also be deleted.
                                                                            The successful tenderer shall pay for the common wheat
                                                                            before removing it at the price indicated in the tender. The
(5)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in                 payment due for each of the lots to be removed shall be
        accordance with the opinion of the Management                       indivisible.’;
        Committee for Cereals,
                                                                         5. the last sentence in the second indent of Article 8(2) is
                                                                            replaced by the following:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                ‘This proof shall be supplied in accordance with Articles 16
                                                                            and 49 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (*).
                                                                            (*) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.’.
                              Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 539/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
                                                                                                      Article 2
(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.                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(5) OJ L  65, 14.3.2000, p. 14.                                          publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 5 June 2000.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission