CELEX: 32000R0419
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 419/2000 of 24 February 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999

25. 2. 2000            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 52/21
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 419/2000
                                                          of 24 February 2000
               fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
                                                    Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
                                                                                referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
Community,                                                                      bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund, as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      well as to any tenderer whose bid relates to an export
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           tax.
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                 (3)    The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
1999 (2),                                                                       current market situation for the cereal in question results
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of                       in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the                         amount specified in Article 1.
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the                (4)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be                    accordance with the opinion of the Management
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),                Committee for Cereals,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     An invitation to tender for the refund and/or the tax for                                     Article 1
        the export of barley to all third countries was opened
        pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/                  For tenders notified from 18 to 24 February 2000, pursuant to
        1999 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2322/                 the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/
        1999 (6).                                                        1999, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be
                                                                         EUR 28,99/t.
(2)     Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
        the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-                                         Article 2
        fied, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
        Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix         This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 February 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 24 February 2000.
                                                                                      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  147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L  313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L  201, 31.7.1999, p. 27.
(6) OJ L  280, 30.10.1999, p. 77.