CELEX: 31999R2774
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2774/1999 of 27 December 1999 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

28. 12. 1999            EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 334/5
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2774/1999
                                                          of 27 December 1999
               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,                                      Such combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake
                                                                                 of the satisfactory functioning of the invitation to
                                                                                 tender.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (4)     In the light of current market needs in Spain an invita-
                                                                                 tion to tender for the reduction in the duty on imports
                                                                                 of sorghum should be opened in the framework of these
                                                                                 special arrangements for imports.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                    (5)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No                    accordance with the opinion of the Management
1253/1999 (2), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof,                         Committee for Cereals,
Whereas:
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
        during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-
        tiations the Community has undertaken to import a
        certain quantity of sorghum into Spain.                                                       Article 1
                                                                         1.    An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduc-
                                                                         tion in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regula-
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July                 tion (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be imported into Spain.
        1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
        tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
        Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as                 2.    Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down             import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 12 of
        the rules governing the administration of those special          Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 shall not apply.
        arrangements. This Regulation lays down the special
        additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the
        invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the        3.    The invitation to tender shall be open until 24 February
        lodging and release of the security to be lodged by              2000. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued
        operators to ensure compliance with their obligations            with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of
        and, in particular the obligation to process or use the          invitation to tender.
        imported product on the Spanish market.
                                                                         4.    Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as other-
                                                                         wise provided for in this Regulation.
(3)     Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998
        on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
        and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                                                      Article 2
        products originating in the African, Caribbean and
        Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation
        (EEC) No 715/90 (5) provides in particular for a reduc-          Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
        tion of 60 % in the duty applicable to grain sorghum up          valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaning
        to a quota of 100 000 tonnes per calendar year and of            of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
        50 % in excess of that quota. If that benefit is combined
        with the reduction provided for under this Regulation,
        this is likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals.
                                                                                                      Article 3
(1) OJ L  181,  1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160,  26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  177,  28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L  189,  10.8.1995, p. 22.                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
(5) OJ L  215,  1.8.1998, p. 12.                                         tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
        Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                      Margot WALLSTRÖM
                                                                   Member of the Commission