CELEX: 31998R2694
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2694/98 of 14 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 949 973 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 338/10             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                15. 12. 98
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2694/98
                                                  of 14 December 1998
                 amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 949 973 tonnes the quantity
                 of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation
                                        to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Committee for Cereals,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,                                                                                   Article 1
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 is hereby amended as
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),               follows:
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
cereals held by the intervention agencies;
                                                                     ‘Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2589/98 (6), opened a                  1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
standing invitation to tender for the export of 749 960              of 949 973 tonnes of barley for export to third coun-
tonnes of barley held by the German intervention agency;             tries, with the exception of the United States, Canada
whereas, Germany informed the Commission of the                      and Mexico.
intention of its intervention agency to increase by                  2. The regions in which the 949 973 tonnes of
200 013 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-             barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
tion to tender for export has been opened; whereas the               tion.';
total quantity of barley held by the German intervention
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for              2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
export has been opened should be increased to 949 973
tonnes;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No             publication in the Official Journal of the European
2198/98 must therefore be amended;                                Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 14 December 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, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 277, 14. 10. 1998, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 324, 2. 12. 1998, p. 21.
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                                            ANNEX
                                          ‘ANNEX I
                                                                  (tonnes)
                            Place of storage             Quantity
              Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/
              Niedersachsen/Bremen/
              Nordrhein-Westfalen                        319 850
              Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/
              Baden-Württemberg/Saarland/Bayern           46 349
              Berlin/Brandenburg/
              Mecklenburg-Vorpommern                     291 034
              Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thüringen           292 740'