CELEX: 31999R0760
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 760/1999 of 13 April 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 575/1999 increasing to 400 000 tonnes the quantity of maize held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the internal market has been opened

14. 4. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 99/3
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 760/1999
                                                     of 13 April 1999
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 575/1999 increasing to 400 000 tonnes the quantity
                  of maize held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation
                           to tender for the sale on the internal market has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                            Article 1
Community,
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 575/1999 is hereby amended as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              follows:
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission              1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,                                                             ‘Article 1
                                                                     The French intervention agency shall issue pursuant to
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),                  Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 a standing invitation to
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays              tender for the resale on the internal market of 400 000
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of               tonnes of maize held by it.'
cereals held by the intervention agencies;
                                                                  2. Article 2(2) is replaced by the following:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/1999 (5),                  ‘2.   The final date for the submission of tenders for
opened a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the           the last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 12
internal market of 200 000 tonnes of maize held by the               May 1999.'
French intervention agency; whereas France informed the
Commission of the intention of its intervention agency to         3. Article 2(3) is replaced by the following:
increase by 200 000 tonnes the quantity for which a                  ‘3.   Tenders must be lodged with the French inter-
standing invitation to tender has been opened; whereas               vention agency at the following address:
the total quantity of maize held by the French interven-
tion agency for which a standing invitation to tender for            Office national interprofessionnel des céréales
the sale on the internal market has been opened should               21, avenue Bosquet
be increased to 400 000 tonnes;                                      F-75341 Paris Cedex 07
                                                                     (Telex: OFICE 20 04 90F/OFIDM 20 36 62F; telefax:
Whereas the last partial invitation to tender pursuant to            0144 18 20 80).'
Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/1999 should be
postponed;                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
Committee for cereals,                                            Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 13 April 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 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 72, 18.3.1999, p. 6.