CELEX: 31994R2711
Language: en
Date: 1994-11-09
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2711/94 of 8 November 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on maize imported into Spain from third countries

No L 288/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               9 . 11 . 94
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2711/94
                                                       of 8 November 1994
                   opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on maize imported
                                                into Spain from third countries
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain, an
                                                                    invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             imports of maize should be opened in the framework of
  Community,                                                        these special arrangements for imports ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1799/94 of            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  18 July 1994 on special arrangements for imports of               Committee for Cereals,
  maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1994 ('), and
  in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, as part of an agreement with the United States                                     Article 1
 of America, the Community has undertaken to import a
 certain quantity of maize and sorghum into Spain in the             1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
 years 1987 to 1993 ; whereas by Regulation (EC) No                 reduction in the import levy referred to in Article 10 of
 532/94 (2) extending the measures taken under the above­           Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 0 on maize to be
 mentioned agreement, the Council approved the exten­               imported into Spain.
 sion of that agreement to 1994 ;
                                                                    2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 19
                                                                    January 1995. During that period, weekly invitations shall
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No           be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in
  1799/94, the levy reduction is to be applied to maize             the notice of invitation to tender.
 imported into Spain under cover of a licence valid in that
 Member State alone ;                                               3 . Regulation (EC) No 675/94 shall apply save as
                                                                    otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/94 of 25                                          Article 2
 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application
 of the special arrangements for Council Regulations (EC)           Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
 No 3640/93 and (EC) No 3670/93 concerning imports of               shall be valid from the date they are issued, within the
 maize and sorghum into Spain and of maize into Portu­              meaning of Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 675/94,
gal (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2660/94 (4), lays         until 30 April 1995.
 down the special additional detailed rules necessary for
 implementing the invitation to tender, in particular those                                  Article 3
 relating to the lodging and release of the security to be
 lodged by operators to ensure compliance with their obli­         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
gations and, in particular, the obligation to process or use        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
the imported product on the Spanish market ;                        European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 8 November 1994.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(>) OJ   No  L 189, 23. 7. 1994, p. 17.
(2) OJ   No  L 68, 11 . 3. 1994, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L 83, 26. 3. 1994, p. 26.
(4) OJ   No  L 284, 1 . 11 . 1994, p. 29.                          0 OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .