CELEX: 31995R0806
Language: en
Date: 1995-04-10
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 806/95 of 10 April 1995 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

No L 81 /2          [ ENl               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  11 . 4. 95
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 806/95
                                                         of 10 April 1995
                   opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on sorghum
                                           imported into Spain from third countries
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         quota ; whereas, if that benefit is combined with the
                                                                     reduction provided for under this Regulation, this is likely
                                                                     to disturb the Spanish market for cereals ; whereas such
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake of the
  Community,                                                         satisfactory functioning of the invitation to tender ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1799/94 of             Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain an
  18 July 1994 on special arrangements for imports of                invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on
  maize and sorghum into Spain for the period from                   imports of sorghum should be opened in the framework
  1 January 1995 to 30 June 1995 ('), as amended by Regu­            of these special arrangements for imports ;
 lation (EC) No 712/95 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (2)
 and 8 thereof,                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Cereals,
 Whereas, as part of an agreement with the United States
 of America, the Community has undertaken to import a
 certain quantity of sorghum into Spain ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No
  1799/94, the levy reduction is to be applied to sorghum
                                                                                               Article 1
 imported into Spain under cover of a licence valid in the
 Member State alone ;
                                                                     1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the
                                                                    reduction in the import levy referred to in Article 10 of
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/9 4 of 25                Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (J) on sorghum to
 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application          be imported into Spain ;
 of the special arrangements for Council Regulations (EC)
 No 3640/93, (EC) No 1799/94 and (EC) No 3670/93                    2.     Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the
 concerning imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and             import levy on grain sorghum provided for in Article 1 1
 maize into Portugal (3), as amended by Regulation (EC)             of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply.
 No 2660/94 (4), lays down the rules governing the admi­
 nistration of those special arrangements ; whereas this            3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 18 May
 Regulation lays down the special additional detailed rules         1995. During that period, weekly invitations shall be
 necessary for implementing the invitation ot tender, in            issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the
 particular those relating to the lodging and release of the        notice of invitation to tender.
 security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance
with their obligations and, in particular the obligation to         4. Regulation (EC) No 675/94 shall apply save as
 process or use the imported product on the Spanish                 otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
 market ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5
March 1990 on the arrangements applicabloe to agricul­
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                 Import licences issued under these invitations to tender
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP          shall be valid from the date they are issued, within the
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (*),      meaning of Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 675/94,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 (*),                 until 30 June 1995.
provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the levy
applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 100 000
tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that                                        Article 3
O   OJ  No  L 189, 23 . 7. 1994, p. 17.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
0   OJ  No  L 73, 1 . 4. 1995, p. 15.                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
0   OJ  No  L 83, 26. 3. 1994, p. 26.                               European Communities.
0   OJ  No  L 284, 1 . 11 . 1994, p. 29.
0   OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(6) OJ  No  L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.                             f) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7, 1992, p. 21 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 10 April 1995.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission