CELEX: 31999R1022
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/1999 of 18 May 1999 amending Regulations (EC) No 1123/98 and (EC) No 1641/98 opening standing invitations to tender for the export of rye held by certain intervention agencies

19. 5. 1999            EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 125/5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1022/1999
                                                     of 18 May 1999
                   amending Regulations (EC) No 1123/98 and (EC) No 1641/98 opening standing
                   invitations to tender for the export of rye held by certain intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                 Article 1
                                                                  The following sentence is added at the end of Article 2(1)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              of Regulations (EC) No 1123/98 and (EC) No 1641/98:
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission                  ‘However, the customs export formalities for tenders
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5            submitted on or after 3 June 1999 shall be completed
thereof,                                                              only on or after 1 July 1999.'
(1)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/
                                                                                           Article 2
       93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/
       1999 (4), lays down the procedures and conditions
       for the sale of cereals held by the intervention           Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1123/98 and (EC) No
       agencies;                                                  1641/98 is replaced by the following:
                                                                      ‘2.   Between 3 and 30 June 1999, tenders submitted
(2)    Whereas a later date must be set for the last partial          under this invitation to tender shall not be admissible
       invitation to tender for the tenders opened by                 unless they are accompanied by a written undertaking
       Commission Regulations (EC) No 1123/98 (5), as                 to export only on or after 1 July 1999. The tenders
       last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2043/98 (6)                 may not be accompanied by applications for export
       and (EC) No 1641/98 (7), as last amended by Regu-              licences submitted under Article 44 of Commission
       lation (EC) No 492/1999 (8);                                   Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (*).
                                                                      (*) OJ L 331, 2.12.1998, p. 4.'
(3)    Whereas the invitation to tender for the export of
       intervention stocks is unusual in that it will also
       operate at the end of the marketing year, i.e. in                                   Article 3
       June 1999; whereas, therefore, in the case of
       tenders made between 3 and 30 June 1999, deliv-
       eries will be possible only from 1 July 1999;              Article 5(3) of Regulations (EC) No 1123/98 and (EC) No
       whereas provision must accordingly be made to              1641/98 is replaced by the following:
       derogate from the first paragraph of Article 16 of
       Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, which stipulates                  ‘3.   The last partial invitation to tender shall expire
       that payment must be made no later than one                    on 30 September 1999 at 9 a.m. (Brussels time).'
       month after acceptance of the tender;
(4)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-                                   Article 4
       tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
       Management Committee for Cereals,
                                                                  The following Article is added to Regulations (EC) No
()
 1  OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
                                                                  1123/98 and 1641/98:
(2) OJ L  126, 24.5.1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L  191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.                                      ‘Article 5a
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L  157, 30.5.1998, p. 74.
(6) OJ L  263, 26.9.1998, p. 15.                                      In the case of tenders submitted between 3 and 30
(7) OJ L  210, 28.7.1998, p. 43.                                      June 1999, the following conditions shall apply:
(8) OJ L  59, 6.3.1999, p. 13.
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    notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article 16             ‘Article 5b
       of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the cereals must            In the case of licences applied for between 3 and 30
       be paid for by 31 July 1999, at the latest,                 June 1999, without prejudice to Article 17(3) of Regu-
    notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16             lation (EEC) No 2131/93, the security referred to in
       of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be             the second indent of Article 17(2) of that Regulation
       paid for the export shall be that indicated in the          shall be released only when proof is provided that the
       tender.'                                                    customs export formalities were completed on or after
                                                                   1 July 1999.'
                        Article 5
                                                                                        Article 6
The following Article is added to Regulation (EC) No
1123/98 and (EC) No 1641/98:                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 1999.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 18 May 1999.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission