CELEX: 31999R0438
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-26
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 438/1999 of 26 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1735/98 increasing to 5 282 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Luxembourg intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

27. 2. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 52/31
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 438/1999
                                                   of 26 February 1999
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 1735/98 increasing to 5 282 tonnes the quantity of
                  barley held by the Luxembourg intervention agency for which a standing invita-
                                     tion to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  1735/98 must therefore be amended;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              Committee for Cereals,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays           Regulation (EC) No 1735/98 is hereby amended as
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            follows:
cereals held by the intervention agencies;                        1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1735/98 (5), as                 ‘Article 2
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2043/98 (6), opened                1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 3 981               of 5 282 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
tonnes of barley held by the Luxembourg intervention                  countries with the exception of the United States,
agency; whereas, Luxembourg informed the Commission                   Canada and Mexico.
of the intention of its intervention agency to increase by
                                                                      2. The regions in which the 5 282 tonnes of barley
1 301 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation
                                                                      are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.';
to tender for export has been opened; whereas the total
quantity of barley held by the Luxembourg intervention            2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be increased to 5 282                                         Article 2
tonnes;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender           publication in the Official Journal of the European
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 February 1999.
                                                                              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 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 217,  5. 8. 1998, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 263,  26. 9. 1998, p. 15.
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                                        ANNEX
                                      ‘ANNEX I
                                                              (tonnes)
                        Place of storage             Quantity
           Luxembourg                                5 282'