CELEX: 31998R0266
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 266/98 of 30 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 102 290 tonnes the quantity of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

31. 1. 98           ¬ EN ¬             Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 25/67
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 266/98
                                                    of 30 January 1998
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 102 290 tonnes the quantity
                  of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing
                                    invitation to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      2645/97 must therefore be amended; whereas in the
                                                                 present market situation this invitation to tender should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            be extended to all third countries;
Community,
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                Committee for Cereals,
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays                                   Article 1
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of           Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 is hereby amended as
cereals held by the intervention agencies;                       follows:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 (5),               1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of
51 283 tonnes of maize held by the Austrian intervention             ‘Article 2
agency to be exported to Switzerland, Liechtenstein,                 1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
Slovenia, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic;                of 102 290 tonnes of maize to be exported to all third
whereas, Austria informed the Commission of the inten-               countries.
tion of its intervention agency to increase by 51 007                2. The regions in which the 102 290 tonnes of
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to               maize are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
tender for export has been opened; whereas the total                 tion.’
quantity of maize held by the Austrian 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 102 290
tonnes;                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-       publication in the Official Journal of the European
ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No            Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 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 191,  31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293,  16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 356,  31. 12. 1997, p. 36.
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                                             ANNEX
                                           ‘ANNEX I
                                                                 (tonnes)
                             Place of storage           Quantity
               Niederösterreich/nördliches Burgenland   40 509
               Steiermark/südliches Burgenland          43 794
               Kärnten                                   8 832
               Oberösterreich                            9 155’