CELEX: 32006R1602
Language: en
Date: 2006-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/2006 of 26 October 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006

27.10.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 298/19
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1602/2006
   of 26 October 2006
   concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006 (2).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 20 October to 26 October 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2006.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 26 October 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Jean-Luc DEMARTY
         
         
            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).
   
      (2)  OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 6.
   
      (3)  OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1558/2005 (OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6).