CELEX: 31998R2590
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2590/98 of 1 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 increasing to 189 714 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Swedish intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

2. 12. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 324/23
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2590/98
                                                   of 1 December 1998
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 increasing to 189 714 tonnes the quantity
                  of barley held by the Swedish intervention agency for which a standing invitation
                                        to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Committee for Cereals,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,                                                                                   Article 1
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 is hereby amended as
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),               follows:
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
cereals held by the intervention agencies;
                                                                     ‘Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/98 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2317/98 (6), opened               1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 126 559            of 189 714 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
tonnes of barley held by the Swedish intervention agency;            countries, with the exception of the United States,
whereas, Sweden informed the Commission of the inten-                Canada and Mexico.
tion of its intervention agency to increase by 63 155                2. The regions in which the 189 714 tonnes of
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to               barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
tender for export has been opened; whereas the total                 tion.';
quantity of barley held by the Swedish intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for              2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
export has been opened should be increased to 189 714
tonnes;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No             publication in the Official Journal of the European
1667/98 must therefore be amended;                                Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 1 December 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L  191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L  293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L  211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(6) OJ L  289, 28. 10. 1998, p. 16.
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                                           ANNEX
                                         ‘ANNEX I
                                                                 (tonnes)
                           Place of storage             Quantity
            Stallarholmen                                2 062
            Motala                                       2 807
            Rök                                          4 994
            Gamleby                                      2 835
            Ättersta                                     7 584
            Broddbo 1                                    5 997
            Velanda                                      7 645
            Hova                                        12 981
            Brännarp                                     2 624
            Helsingborg                                 37 526
            Djurön                                      39 504
            Söråker                                     13 053
            Gävle                                       10 847
            Kalmar                                      15 738
            Halmstad (Engströms)                         4 659
            Ormesta                                      5 077
            Ervalla                                        934
            Hästholmen                                   5 089
            Vimmerby                                     3 997
            Gistad                                       3 761'