CELEX: 31997R0146
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 146/97 of 27 January 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries

No L 25/ 18         EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 1 . 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 146/97
                                                       of 27 January 1997
                    opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported
                                                into Spain 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 12
   ( 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 Spain .
  import a certain quantity of maize into      Spain;              2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 27
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26              February 1997. During that period, weekly invitations
  July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas       shall be 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 (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)           3. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
  No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the               otherwise provided for in this Regulation .
  administration of those special arrangements; whereas this
  Regulation lays down the special additional detailed rules                               Article 2
  necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, in
  particular 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 50 days from the date they are issued,
  with their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to    within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC)
  process or use the imported product on the Spanish              No 1839/95.
  market;
                                                                                           Article 3
 Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain, 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, 27 January 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
I1) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ No L 177, 28 . 7. 1995, p. 4.
 4 OJ No L 189, 10 . 8 . 1995, p. 22.