CELEX: 32000R2019
Language: en
Date: 2000-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/2000 of 25 September 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries

26.9.2000              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 241/37
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2019/2000
                                                          of 25 September 2000
               amending Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
                                           export of common wheat to all third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       drawn up by the competent authorities of the Member
                                                                                  States stating that the products have left the territory of
                                                                                  the Community on board a vessel suitable for sea trans-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                             port may be considered to provide a sufficient guar-
Community,                                                                        antee.
                                                                          (3)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                        accordance with the opinion of the Management
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                             Committee for Cereals,
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in                                               Article 1
particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                          Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 is amended as follows:
Whereas:
                                                                          1. the title is replaced by the following:
                                                                              ‘opening an invitation to tender for the refund for the
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2014/2000 (5), opens                    export of common wheat to all third countries except
        an invitation to tender relating to the export of common              certain ACP States’;
        wheat to certain ACP States. The destinations laid down
        in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 (6)
        should therefore be amended.                                      2. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:
                                                                              ‘2.     The invitation to tender shall cover common wheat
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April                    for export to all third countries except ACP States listed in
        1999 laying down common detailed rules for the                        Annex III.’;
        application of the system of export refunds on agricul-
        tural products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No         3. the following Article 4a is added after Article 4:
        1557/2000 (8), requires that, where refunds vary
        according to destination, payment of the refund be made               ‘Article 4a
        conditional, inter alia, on presentation of proof that the
        product has been imported in its unaltered state into the             Notwithstanding Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC)
        third country or into one of the third countries for                  No 800/1999 (*), proof of completion of customs formali-
        which the refund applies. That proof is required under                ties for release for consumption shall not be required for
        the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No                 payment of refunds fixed in a contract awarded under this
        2014/2000 for exports of common wheat to certain                      tender, in so far as the operator provides proof that a
        ACP States. Exports to other third countries, under the               quantity of at least 1 500 tonnes of cereal product have left
        invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No                     the customs territory of the Community on board a vessel
        1701/2000 are carried out under less favourable condi-                suitable for sea transport.
        tions. The risk of fraud is therefore small. In order to
        avoid obstructing these exports to other third countries,             (*) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.’;
        proof of arrival should not be required. Certificates
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.                                            4. the title of Annex I is replaced by the following:
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.                                                ‘Weekly tender for the refund for the export of common
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) See page 23 of this Official Journal.                                     wheat to all third countries except certain ACP States:’;
(6) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 18.
(7) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
(8) OJ L 179, 18.7.2000, p. 6.                                            5. the following Annex III is added:
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                                                               ‘ANNEX III
                                   Groups of ACP States signatories to the Lomé Convention
                        Group I                                 Group II                         Group III
         Mauritania                             Chad                                Seychelles
         Mali                                   Central African Republic            Comores
         Niger                                  Benin                               Madagascar
         Senegal                                Cameroon                            Mauritius
         Gambia                                 Equatorial Guinea                   Angola
         Guinea Bissau                          São Tomé and Príncipe               Zambia
         Guinea                                 Gabon                               Malawi
         Cape Verde                             Congo                               Mozambique
         Sierra Leone                           Democratic Republic of Congo        Namibia
         Liberia                                Rwanda                              Botswana
         Côte-d'Ivoire                          Burundi                             Zimbabwe
         Ghana                                  Burkina Faso                        Lesotho
         Togo                                                                       Swaziland
                                                                                    Djibouti
                                                                                    Ethiopia
                                                                                    Eritrea’
                                                              Article 2
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
         Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                 Done at Brussels, 25 September 2000.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission