CELEX: 32001R0053
Language: en
Date: 2001-01-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 53/2001 of 11 January 2001 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2831/2000

L 8/32                 EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      12.1.2001
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 53/2001
                                                           of 11 January 2001
               fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to
                                         tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2831/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
                                                                                than the maximum reduction in the duty.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)    The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
                                                                                current market situation for the cereal in question results
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      in the maximum reduction in the import duty being
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/                 (4)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,                              accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                Committee for Cereals,
Whereas:
(1)     An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        the duty on maize imported into Spain was opened
        pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2831/
        2000 (3).                                                                                    Article 1
                                                                         For tenders notified from 5 to 11 January 2001, pursuant to
(2)     Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No           the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2831/
        1839/95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No               2000, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported
        2235/2000 (5), the Commission, acting under the proce-           shall be 36,85 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum
        dure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No              quantity of 169 000 tonnes.
        1766/92, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the
        import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria                                             Article 2
        provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No
        1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is                This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2001.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 11 January 2001.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  328, 23.12.2000, p. 14.
(4) OJ L  177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.