CELEX: 31997R2078
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2078/97 of 23 October 1997 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97

24. 10 . 97           PENl                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 291 / 15
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2078 /97
                                                        of 23 October 1997
                     fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
                                  invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1339/97
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         1501 /95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
 Community,                                                          maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
                                                                     relates to an export tax;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                   Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria to
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           the current market situation for the cereal in question
 No 923/96 (2),                                                      results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
                                                                     amount specified in Article 1 ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EC) No
  1501 /95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Cereals,
  1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and
 the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on
 the market for cereals f), as last amended by Regulation            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 (EC) No 2052/97 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
 Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the                                    Article 1
 tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries
 except Ceuta, Melilla and certain ACP States was opened             For tenders notified from 17 to 23 October 1997,
 pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1339/97 (5),              pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in amended
 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 884/97 (6);                      Regulation (EC) No 1339/97, the maximum refund on
                                                                     exportation of common wheat shall be ECU 3,73 per
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501 /95                     tonne .
 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
 tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid                                      Article 2
 down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
 decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of             This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October
 the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No         1997 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 23 October 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
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