CELEX: 32000R0990
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 990/2000 of 11 May 2000 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 757/2000

L 113/46               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       12.5.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 990/2000
                                                            of 11 May 2000
               fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to
                                          tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 757/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      is awarded to any 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 measures provided for in this Regulation are in
1999 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,                               accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
Whereas:
(1)     an invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        the duty on maize imported into Portugal was opened
        pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 757/
        2000 (3);                                                                                     Article 1
                                                                         For tenders notified from 5 to 11 May 2000, pursuant to the
(2)     pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No           invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 757/2000,
        1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1963/              the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall
        95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid          be EUR 52,77/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of
        down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,               113 650 t.
        may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import
        duty; whereas in fixing this maximum the criteria                                             Article 2
        provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No
        1839/95 must be taken into account; whereas a contract           This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 May 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 11 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. 9.
(4) OJ L  177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  189, 10.8.1995, p. 22.