CELEX: 31997R0147
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 147/97 of 27 January 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

28 . 1 . 97            MENl               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 25/ 19
                                              COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 147/97
                                                             of 27 January 1997
                          opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum
                                                imported into Spain from third countries
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain an
                                                                            invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  imports of sorghum should be opened in the framework
     Community,                                                             of these special arrangements for imports;
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
    of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
    market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission                   Committee for Cereals,
    Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 12
    ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture
    concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
   trade negotiations the Community has undertaken to                                                Article 1
   import a certain quantity of sorghum into Spain;
                                                                           1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
   Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26                     reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10 (2)
   July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas             of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be
   for maize and sorghum into Spain and maize into                        imported into Spain .
   Portugal (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
   No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the                      2.     Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
   administration of those special arrangements; whereas this             import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 1 1
   Regulation lays down the special additional detailed rules             of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply.
   necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, in
   particular those relating to the lodging and release of the            3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 27
   security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance                February 1997. During that period, weekly invitations
   with their obligations and, in particular the obligation to            shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown
                                                                          in the notice of invitation to tender.
   process or use the imported product on the Spanish
   market;
                                                                         4.      Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5                        otherwise provided for in this Regulation .
  March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the                                               Article 2
  processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP
  States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (5),         Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (6),                      shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
  provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the duty             within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC)
 applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 100 000                    No 1839/95.
 tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that
 quota; whereas, if that benefit is combined with the                                               Article 3
 reduction provided for under this Regulation, this is likely
 to disturb the Spanish market for cereals; whereas such                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake of the               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 satisfactory functioning of the invitation to tender;                   European Communities.
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                        States .
                        Done at Brussels, 27 January 1997.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
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