CELEX: 32000R0757
Language: en
Date: 2000-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 757/2000 of 12 April 2000 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries

13.4.2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 92/9
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 757/2000
                                                            of 12 April 2000
               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,                                     take these facts into account a further reduction should
                                                                                be made in the import duty for the purposes of invita-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           tions to tender opened by this Regulation.
Community,
                                                                         (5)    The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      ered an opinion within the time limit set by its
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           chairman,
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
                                                                                                     Article 1
        during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-
        tiations, the Community has undertaken to import a               1.    An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduc-
        certain quantity of maize into Portugal.                         tion in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regula-
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported into Portugal.
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July
        1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of           2.    The invitation to tender shall be open until 25 May 2000.
        tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into              During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with
        Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as                 quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down             to tender.
        the rules governing the administration of those special
        arrangements. This Regulation lays down the special              3.    Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as other-
        additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the         wise provided for in this Regulation.
        invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the
        lodging and release of the security to be lodged by                                          Article 2
        operators to ensure compliance with their obligations
        and, in particular, the obligation to process or use the         Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
        imported product on the Portuguese market.                       valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaning
                                                                         of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
(3)     In the light of current market needs in Portugal, an
        invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
        imports of maize should be opened in the framework of                                        Article 3
        these special arrangements for imports.
                                                                         The reduction in duty granted under the invitations to tender
(4)     As a result of the temporary closure of the Danube to            shall be increased by EUR 10 per tonne for imports originating
        trade, transport costs for maize originating in countries        in landlocked countries through which the Danube flows.
        through which that river flows and which no longer
        have access by sea to the Iberian peninsula have                                             Article 4
        increased considerably. Accordingly, the rate of duty
        applying to such imports no longer reflects the real             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        impact of the costs of transport. As a consequence, to           tion 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, 12 April 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(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.