CELEX: 31998R1602
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/98 of 23 July 1998 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1445/98

24. 7. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 208/35
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1602/98
                                                      of 23 July 1998
                  fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection
                          with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1445/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
                                                                   than the maximum reduction in the duty;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                   to the current market situation for the cereal in question
                                                                   results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
12(1) thereof,                                                     Committee for Cereals,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the maximum reduc-
tion in the duty on maize imported into Spain was                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1445/98 (3);                                                                               Article 1
                                                                   For tenders notified from 17 to 23 July 1998, pursuant to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation            the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
(EC) No 1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No              1445/98, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize
1963/95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure            imported shall be ECU 71,95 per tonne and be valid for a
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,            total maximum quantity of 65 000 tonnes.
may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import
duty; whereas in fixing this maximum the criteria                                          Article 2
provided for in Article 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1839/95 must be taken into account; whereas a contract is          This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 23 July 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, 7. 7. 1998, p. 47.
(4) OJ L  177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.