CELEX: 31998R0227
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-29
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 227/98 of 29 January 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1773/97

L 23/18              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   30. 1. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 227/98
                                                    of 29 January 1998
                 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to
                                     tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1773/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of
Community,                                                        the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 maximum refund;
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),                                                    Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                  to the current market situation for the cereal in question
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/              results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for         amount specified in Article 1;
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)        Committee for Cereals,
No 2052/97 (4),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1773/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
97 of 12 September 1997 on a special intervention
measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden (5), as
                                                                                             Article 1
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2133/97 (6), and in
particular Article 8 thereof,                                     For tenders notified from 23 to 29 January 1998,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund for the            pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for                 (EC) No 1773/97, the maximum refund on exportation of
export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was          oats shall be ECU 28,58 per tonne.
opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1773/97;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1773/97
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 January
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid           1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 January 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 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 250, 13. 9. 1997, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 296, 30. 10. 1997, p. 29.