CELEX: 32001R0730
Language: en
Date: 2001-04-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 730/2001 of 11 April 2001 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries

L 102/32               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      12.4.2001
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 730/2001
                                                            of 11 April 2001
               opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from
                                                             third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      take these facts into account a further reduction should
                                                                                 be made in the import duty for the purposes of invita-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            tions to tender opened by this Regulation.
Community,
                                                                         (5)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                       accordance with the opinion of the Management
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                            Committee for Cereals,
cereals (1), at last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
                                                                                                      Article 1
        during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-
        tiations, the Community has undertaken to import a               1.    An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduc-
        certain quantity of maize into Spain.                            tion in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regula-
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported into Spain.
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July
        1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of           2.    The invitation to tender shall be open until 14 June
        tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into              2001. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued
        Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as last            with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 (4), lays                invitation to tender.
        down the rules governing the administration of those
        special arrangements. This Regulation lays down the              3.    Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as other-
        special additional detailed rules necessary for imple-           wise provided for in this Regulation.
        menting the invitation to tender, in particular those
        relating to the lodging and release of the security to be                                     Article 2
        lodged by operators to ensure compliance with their
        obligations and, in particular, the obligation to process        Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
        or use the imported product on the Spanish market.               valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaning
                                                                         of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
(3)     In the light of current market needs in Spain, an invita-
        tion to tender for the reduction in the duty on imports
        of maize should be opened in the framework of these                                           Article 3
        special arrangements for imports.
                                                                         The reduction in duty granted under the invitations to tender
(4)     As a result of the temporary closure of the Danube to            shall be increased by EUR 10 per tonne for imports originating
        trade, transport costs for maize originating in countries        in landlocked countries through which the Danube flows.
        through which that river flows and which no longer
        have access by sea to the Iberian peninsula have                                              Article 4
        increased considerably. Accordingly, the rate of duty
        applying to such imports no longer reflects the real             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        impact of the cost of transport. As a consequence, to            tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 11 April 2001.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L  256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.