CELEX: 31998R2318
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2318/98 of 27 October 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1761/98 increasing to 71 000 tonnes the quantity of sorghum held by the French intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 289/18             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                28. 10. 98
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2318/98
                                                   of 27 October 1998
                 amending Regulation (EC) No 1761/98 increasing to 71 000 tonnes the quantity of
                 sorghum 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
                                                                  1761/98 must therefore be amended;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        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              Committee for Cereals,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays           Regulation (EC) No 1761/98 is hereby amended as
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            follows:
cereals held by the intervention agencies;                        1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1761/98 (5), as                 ‘Article 2
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2043/98 (6), opened                1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 64 000              of 71 000 tonnes of sorghum to be exported to all third
tonnes of sorghum held by the French intervention                     countries.
agency; whereas, France informed the Commission of the
                                                                      2. The regions in which the 71 000 tonnes of
intention of its intervention agency to increase by 7 000
                                                                      sorghum are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regu-
tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to
                                                                      lation.';
tender for export has been opened; whereas the total
quantity of sorghum held by the French intervention               2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be increased to 71 000                                         Article 2
tonnes;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender           publication in the Official Journal of the European
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 October 1998.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 263, 26. 9. 1998, p. 15.
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                                            ANNEX
                                          ‘ANNEX I
                                                                  (tonnes)
                            Place of storage             Quantity
              Région Sud-Ouest
              (Bordeaux-Toulouse)                         51 200
              Région Sud-Est
              (Lyon-Montpellier)                          19 800'