CELEX: 31996R0419
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 419/96 of 7 March 1996 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries

No L 59/ 12        fENi               Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 3 . 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 41 9/96
                                                        of 7 March 1996
                    opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported
                                             into Portugal 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 organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                                 Article 1
  No 1863/95 (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 Portugal .
  import a certain quantity of maize into Portugal;                2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 6 June
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26                1996. During that period, weekly invitations shall be
 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas        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 Regulation (EC) No                    3 . Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
  1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the administra­       otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
 tion of those special arrangements; whereas this Regula­
 tion lays down the special additional detailed rules neces­                                Article 2
 sary for implementing the invitation to tender, in parti­
 cular those relating to the lodging and release of the secu­      Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
 rity to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance with          shall be valid from the date they are issued, within the
 their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to           meaning of Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95,
 process or use the imported product on the Portuguese            until 30 June 1996.
 market;
                                                                                            Article 3
 Whereas in the light of current market needs in Portugal,
 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, 7 March 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
(3 OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
b) OJ No L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.