CELEX: 31998R0354
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 354/98 of 13 February 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/97

L 42/14                 EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 14. 2. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 354/98
                                                    of 13 February 1998
                   fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connec-
                       tion with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                   to the current market situation for the rice in question
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
Community,                                                         amount specified in Article 1;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market in rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No               Committee for Cereals,
192/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export refund on           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2097/97 (3);                                                                             Article 1
Whereas, Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No               The maximum export refund on wholly milled long
584/75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/             grain rice falling within CN code 1006 30 67 to be
95 (5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with           exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invita-
the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)           tion to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/97 is
No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a            hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 9
maximum export refund; whereas in fixing this                      to 12 February 1998 at ECU 321 per tonne.
maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account;                                          Article 2
whereas a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
tender is equal to or less than the maximum export                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February
refund;                                                            1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 13 February 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  L  329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L  20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ  L  292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 22.
(4) OJ  L  61, 7. 3. 1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ  L  35, 15. 2. 1995, p. 8.