CELEX: 31998R2852
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2852/98 of 30 December 1998 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

31. 12. 98            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 358/55
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2852/98
                                                   of 30 December 1998
                  opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum
                                      imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the sake of the satisfactory functioning of the invitation to
                                                                  tender;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain an
Community,                                                        invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
                                                                  imports of sorghum should be opened in the framework
                                                                  of these special arrangements for imports;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission              Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
12 (1) thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations the Community has undertaken to
import a certain quantity of sorghum into Spain;                                            Article 1
                                                                  1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
                                                                  reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application
                                                                  imported into Spain.
of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules            2. Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
governing the administration of those special arrange-            import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 12
ments; whereas this Regulation lays down the special              of Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 shall not apply.
additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the
invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the         3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 25
lodging and release of the security to be lodged by opera-        February 1999. During that period, weekly invitations
tors to ensure compliance with their obligations and, in          shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown
particular the obligation to process or use the imported          in the notice of invitation to tender.
product on the Spanish market;
                                                                  4. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
                                                                  otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July
1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricul-
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and                                    Article 2
Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 715/90 (5) provides in particular for a reduction of           Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
60 % in the duty applicable to grain sorghum up to a              shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued,
quota of 100 000 tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in          within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC)
excess of that quota; whereas, if that benefit is combined        No 1839/95.
with the reduction provided for under this Regulation,
this is likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals;
whereas such combined benefits should be ruled out for
                                                                                            Article 3
(1) OJ L  181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(3) OJ L  177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L  189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.                                publication in the Official Journal of the European
(5) OJ L  215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12.                                 Communities.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 30 December 1998.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Karel VAN MIERT
                                                               Member of the Commission