CELEX: 31998R0154
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 154/98 of 22 January 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97

L 18/10               EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23. 1. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 154/98
                                                      of 22 January 1998
                  fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
                               invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
Community,                                                          maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
                                                                    relates to an export tax;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                   Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           to the current market situation for the cereal in question
No 923/96 (2),                                                      results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
                                                                    amount specified in Article 1;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the                Committee for Cereals,
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
No 2052/97 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the                                   Article 1
tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries
except Ceuta, Melilla and certain ACP States was opened             For tenders notified from 16 to 22 January 1998,
pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1339/97 (5),              pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in amended
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1884/97 (6);                       Regulation (EC) No 1339/97, the maximum refund on
                                                                    exportation of common wheat shall be ECU 17,99 per
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95                     tonne.
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid                                     Article 2
down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of             This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No         1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 22 January 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 147,  30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 287,  21. 10. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 184,  12. 7. 1997, p. 7.
(6) OJ L 265,  27. 9. 1997, p. 73.