CELEX: 31997R0830
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 830/97 of 7 May 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries

No L 119/ 12              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 5. 97
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 830/97
                                                               of 7 May 1997
                        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
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                          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 Commission
                                                                                                 Article 1
   Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 1 2
  ( 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 29 May
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26                    1997. During that period, weekly invitations shall be
  July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas             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 f), 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 par­
  ticular those relating to the lodging and release of the              Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
  security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance               shall be valid from the date they are issued, within the
 with their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to           meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95,
  process or use the imported product on the Portuguese                 until 30 June 1997.
  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, 7 May 1997.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(■)   OJ  No  L  181 ,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2)   OJ  No  L  126,   24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
0    OJ   No  L  177,   28 . 7. 1995, p. 4.
(4)  OJ   No  L  189,   10. 8. 1995, p. 22.