CELEX: 31998R2032
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/98 of 24 September 1998 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1907/98

25. 9. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 262/39
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2032/98
                                                   of 24 September 1998
                  fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection
                          with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1907/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                   to the current market situation for the cereal in question
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
Community,
                                                                   being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                  Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article           chairman,
12(1) thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the maximum reduc-             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
tion in the duty on maize imported into Spain was
opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1907/98 (3);                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation            For tenders notified from 18 to 24 September 1998,
(EC) No 1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No              pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
1963/95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure            (EC) No 1907/98, the maximum reduction in the duty on
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,            maize imported shall be ECU 78,93 per tonne and be
may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty;            valid for a total maximum quantity of 20 500 tonnes.
whereas in fixing this maximum the criteria provided for
in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must                                      Article 2
be taken into account; whereas a contract is awarded to
any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September
maximum reduction in the duty;                                     1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 24 September 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  248, 8. 9. 1998, p. 19.
(4) OJ L  177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.