CELEX: 31994R1171
Language: en
Date: 1994-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1171/94 of 24 May 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 614/94 authorizing the French and German intervention agencies to put up for sale by tender 225 000 tonnes of maize for export in the form of maize groats and meal

No L 130/26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25. 5. 94
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1171/94
                                                         of 24 May 1994
                     amending Regulation (EC) No 614/94 authorizing the French and German
                     intervention agencies to put up for sale by tender 225 000 tonnes of maize for
                                        export in the form of maize groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            for the sale on the Community market of 350 000
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  tonnes of maize.' ;
  Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              2. The final sentence of Article 3 (2) is replaced by the
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                     following :
  market in cereals ('), as amended by Commission Regula­
  tion (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 5                The time limit for the last partial invitation to tender
  thereof,                                                              shall be 29 June 1994.' ;
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/94 (3)
                                                                    3 . Article 1 1 (2) is replaced by the following :
  opens an invitation to tender for 225 000 tonnes of maize
  for export in the form of maize groats and meal ; whereas             '2. The obligation to export from the Community
 in their communications of 5 May 1994, Germany and                     shall be covered by a security amounting to ECU 90
 France informed the Commission of the intention of
                                                                        per tonne of maize, of which ECU 45 per tonne shall
 their intervention agencies to increase by 125 000 tonnes              be lodged upon issue of the licence for the export of
 the quantity of maize for which an invitation to tender for            maize groats and meal for the corresponding quantity
 export has been opened ; whereas the total quantity of                 of maize and the balance of ECU 45 per tonne before
 maize for which a standing invitation to tender for export             removal of the cereals.
 in the form of maize groats and meal has been opened
 should therefore be increased to 350 000 tonnes ;
                                                                        Notwithstanding Article 15 (2) of Commission Regula­
 Whereas the time limit for submitting tenders for the last             tion (EEC) No 3002/92 (*), the amount of ECU 90 per
 partial invitation to tender laid down by Regulation (EC)              tonne of maize processed into groats and meal must be
 No 614/94 must be extended so as to take account in                    released within 15 working days of the date on which
 particular of the additional quantity to be exported ;                 the successful tenderer submits proof that the maize
 Whereas, as a result of trends in the world market, the                groats and meal have left the Community's customs
 security covering the obligation to export from the                    territory.
 Community should be increased ;
 Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not                   0 OJ No L 301 , 17. 10. 1992, p. 17.'
 issued an opinion within the time limit laid down by its
 chairman,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                Article 2
                             Article 1
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 Regulation (EC) No 614/94 is hereby amended as                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 follows :                                                         European Communities.
 1 . Article 1 ( 1 ) is replaced by the following :
     ' 1 . The French and German intervention agencies             It shall apply to tenders submitted for the intervention to
     are authorized to issue a standing invitation to tender       tender of 25 May 1994.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 24 May 1994.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Ren6 STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0 OJ No L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.
(3) OJ No L 77, 19. 3. 1994, p. 31 .