CELEX: 31999R0566
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/1999 of 16 March 1999 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries

17. 3. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 70/9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 566/1999
                                                    of 16 March 1999
                  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
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article                                  Article 1
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) of
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral                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 May
                                                                  1999. During that period, weekly invitations shall be
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26
                                                                  issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application
                                                                  notice of invitation to tender.
of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as amended          3. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules            otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
governing the administration of those special arrange-
ments; whereas this Regulation lays down the special                                      Article 2
additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the
invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the         Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
lodging and release of the security to be lodged by opera-        shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
tors to ensure compliance with their obligations and, in          within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC)
particular, the obligation to process or use the imported         No 1839/95.
product on the Spanish 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 day of its
imports of maize should be opened in the framework of             publication in the Official Journal of the European
these special arrangements for imports;                           Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 16 March 1999.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L  177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L  189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.