CELEX: 31995R2877
Language: en
Date: 1995-12-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2877/95 of 13 December 1995 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries

No L 301 /20          PEN !                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               14. 12. 95
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2877/95
                                                         of 13 December 1995
                     opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported
                                                  into Portugal from third countries
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                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                                      Article 1
 No 1863/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                       1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture                      reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10 (2)
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral                     of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported
 trade negotiations, the Community has undertaken to                   into Portugal.
import a certain quantity of maize into Portugal ;
                                                                       2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 15
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26                    February 1996. During that period, weekly invitations
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas             shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown
                                                                       in the notice of invitation to tender.
for maize and sorghum into Spain and maize into
Portugal (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                         3. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the administra­            otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
tion of those special arrangements ; whereas this Regula­
tion lays down the special additional detailed rules neces­                                    Article 2
sary for implementing the invitation to tender, in parti­
cular those relating to the lodging and release of the secu­           Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
rity to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance with               shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to                within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC)
process or use the imported product on the Portuguese                  No 1839/95.
market ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas in the light of current market needs in Portugal,
an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
imports of maize should be opened in the framework of                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
these special arrangements for imports ;                               European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 13 December 1995.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L  181 ,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No   L  179,   29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
(3  OJ No   L  177,   28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(*) OJ No   L  189,   10. 8. 1995, p. 22.