CELEX: 31999R0631
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 631/1999 of 24 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 203 081 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

25. 3. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 80/9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 631/1999
                                                    of 24 March 1999
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 203 081 tonnes the quantity
                  of barley held by the Austrian 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 1666/98 is hereby amended as
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),               follows:
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (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 1666/98 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 40/1999 (6), opened               1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 151 725            of 203 081 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
tonnes of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency;           countries, with the exception of the United States,
whereas, Austria informed the Commission of the inten-               Canada and Mexico.
tion of its intervention agency to increase by 51 356                2. The regions in which the 203 081 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 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 203 081
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
1666/98 must therefore be amended;                                Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 24 March 1999.
                                                                             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 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 211,  29. 7. 1998, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 65.
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                                          ANNEX
                                        ‘ANNEX I
                                                               (tonnes)
                          Place of storage            Quantity
           Niederösterreich/Wien/Burgenland          142 522
           Steiermark                                  8 540
           Oberösterreich                             52 019'