CELEX: 31997R2504
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-15
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2504/97 of 15 December 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

16. 12 . 97             EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 345/25
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2504/97
                                                     of 15 December 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,                       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            Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain an
 Community,                                                       invitation 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 organization of the                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 12
( 1 ) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations 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
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 application          of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be
of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into            imported into Spain .
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules
governing the administration of those special arrange­            2.    Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
ments; whereas this Regulation lays down the special              import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 1 1
additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the          of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply.
invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the
lodging and release of the security to be lodged by oper­         3 . The invitation to tender shall be open until 26
ators to ensure compliance with their obligations and, in         February 1998 . During that period, weekly invitations
particular the obligation to process or use the imported          shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown
product on the Spanish market;                                    in the notice of invitation to tender.
                                                                  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
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP                                 Article 2
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 61 9/96 (%
provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the duty        Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 100 000              shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that            within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC)
quota; whereas, if that benefit is combined with the              No 1839/95 .
reduction provided for under this Regulation, this is likely
to disturb the Spanish market for cereals; whereas such
                                                                                           Article 3
(>)  OJ  L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
 2)  OJ  L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(■') OJ  L 177, 28 . 7. 1995, p. 4.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(«)  OJ  L 189, 10 . 8 . 1995, p. 22.                             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(s)  OJ  L 84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85.
(6)  OJ  L 89, 10 . 4. 1996, p. 1 .                               European Communities.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States .
         Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                            Member of the Commission