CELEX: 31998R1461
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1461/98 of 8 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 210 300 tonnes the quantity of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 193/22             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  9. 7. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1461/98
                                                      of 8 July 1998
                 amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 210 300 tonnes the quantity
                 of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation
                                        to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  2645/97 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 2193/96 (4), lays           Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 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 2645/97 (5), as                 ‘Article 2
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1070/98 (6), opened                1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 171 019             of 210 300 tonnes of maize to be exported to all third
tonnes of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency              countries.
to be exported to all third countries; whereas Austria
                                                                      2. The regions in which the 210 300 tonnes of
informed the Commission of the intention of its inter-
                                                                      maize are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
vention agency to increase by 39 281 tonnes the quantity
                                                                      tion.';
for which a standing invitation to tender for export has
been opened; whereas the total quantity of maize held by          2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing
invitation to tender for export has been opened should be                                   Article 2
increased to 210 300 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, 8 July 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 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 153, 27. 5. 1998, p. 15.
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                                           ANNEX
                                         ‘ANNEX I
                                                                (tonnes)
                           Place of storage            Quantity
            Niederösterreich/nördliches Burgenland     84 037
            Steiermark/südliches Burgenland            63 888
            Kärnten                                    12 196
            Oberösterreich                             50 179'