CELEX: 31999R1966
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1966/1999 of 15 September 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 150 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 244/18               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   16. 9. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1966/1999
                                                          of 15 September 1999
               amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 increasing to 3 150 000 tonnes the quantity of wheat of
               breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to
                                                  tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                                  1758/98 must therefore be amended;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (4)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                        Committee for Cereals,
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays                                        Article 1
        down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 is hereby amended as follows:
        cereals held by the intervention agencies;
                                                                          1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 (5),                    ‘Article 2
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1794/1999 (6),
        opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of              1.     The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
        2 650 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality held                 3 150 000 tonnes of wheat of breadmaking quality to be
        by the French intervention agency; whereas France                     exported to all third countries.
        informed the Commission of the intention of its inter-                2.     The regions in which the 3 150 000 tonnes of wheat
        vention agency to increase by 500 000 tonnes the                      of breadmaking quality are stored are stated in Annex I to
        quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for                this Regulation.’
        export has been opened; whereas the total quantity of
        wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French inter-
        vention agency for which a standing invitation to tender          2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
        for export has been opened should be increased to
        3 150 000 tonnes;                                                                              Article 2
(3)     Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L  221, 8.8.1998, p. 3.
(6) OJ L  216, 14.8.1999, p. 3.
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                                               ANNEX
                                              ‘ANNEX I
                                                                       (tonnes)
                          Place of storage                    Quantity
               Amiens                                         294 000
               Bordeaux                                        20 000
               Châlons                                        197 000
               Clermont-Ferrand                                 9 000
               Dijon                                           91 000
               Lille                                          541 000
               Lyon                                            47 000
               Nancy                                           32 000
               Nantes                                          44 000
               Orléans                                        781 000
               Paris                                          291 000
               Poitiers                                       224 000
               Rennes                                          49 000
               Rouen                                          530 000’