CELEX: 31995R2876
Language: en
Date: 1995-12-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2876/95 of 13 December 1995 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

No L 301 / 18           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                14. 12. 95
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2876/95
                                                         of 13 December 1995
                     opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum
                                             imported into Spain from third countries
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake of the
                                                                        satisfactory functioning of the invitation to tender ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain an
 Community,                                                             invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
                                                                        imports of sorghum should be opened in the framework
                                                                       of these special arrangements for imports ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 market in cereals ^), as last amended by Commission                   Committee for Cereals,
 Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (2), and in particular Article
 12 ( 1) thereof,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture
 concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
 trade negotiations the Community has undertaken to                                              Article 1
 import a certain quantity of sorghum into Spain ;
                                                                        1.    An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
                                                                       reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10 (2)
                                                                       of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26                    imported into Spain.
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the tariff quotas
 for maize and sorghum into Spain and maize into
                                                                       2.     Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
 Portugal (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
 No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the admi­               import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Article 1 1
nistration of those special arrangements ; whereas this                of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply.
Regulation lays down the special additional detailed rules
 necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, in               3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 14
 particular those relating to the lodging and release of the           March 1996. During that period, weekly invitations shall
security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance                be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in
                                                                       the notice of invitation to tender.
with their obligations and, in particular the obligation to
 process or use the imported product on the Spanish
market ;                                                               4. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as
                                                                       otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5                                                  Article 2
March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
tural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP             1 . Import licences issued in December 1995 under
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (%           these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days from 1
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 f),                      January 1996.
provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the duty
applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 1 00 000                  2. Import licences issued as from 1 January 1996
tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that                 under these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days
quota ; whereas, if that benefit is combined with the                  from the date they are issued, within the meaning of
reduction provided for under this Regulation, this is likely           Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
to disturb the Spanish market for cereals ; whereas such
                                                                                                 Article 3
(') OJ  No  L   181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(2) OJ  No  L   179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L   177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(4) OJ  No  L   189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.
0   OJ  No  L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(«) OJ  No  L  265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.                                European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 13 December 1995.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission