CELEX: 31999R0952
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 952/1999 of 5 May 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French intervention agency

L 118/20               EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 6. 5. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 952/1999
                                                      of 5 May 1999
                   amending Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 opening a standing invitation to tender
                   for the export of common wheat of breadmaking quality held by the French
                                                   intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 is replaced by
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 the following:
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5            ‘Article 2
thereof,
                                                                      1.    The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
                                                                      of 1 050 000 tonnes of common wheat of bread-
(1)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/
                                                                      making quality to be exported to all third countries.
       93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/
                                                                      However, the customs export formalities for tenders
       1999 (4), lays down the procedures and conditions
                                                                      submitted on or after 3 June 1999 may be completed
       for the sale of cereals held by the intervention
                                                                      only on or after 1 July 1999.
       agencies;
                                                                      2.    The regions in which the 1 050 000 tonnes of
(2)    Whereas a later date must be set for the last partial          common wheat of breadmaking quality are stored are
       invitation to tender for the tender provided for by            listed in Annex I.'
       Commission Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 (5), as last
       amended by Regulation (EC) No 2254/98 (6);
                                                                                           Article 2
(3)    Whereas, under current market conditions, this
       standing invitation to tender should be extended to
       the end of the 1998/1999 marketing year and the            Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 is replaced by
       start of the 1999/2000 marketing year and the              the following:
       quantities of common wheat of breadmaking
       quality for export should be increased from                    ‘2.   Between 3 and 30 June 1999, tenders submitted
       550 000 tonnes to 1 050 000 tonnes held by the                 under this invitation to tender shall not be admissible
       French intervention agency;                                    unless they are accompanied by a written undertaking
                                                                      to export only on or after 1 July 1999. The tenders
                                                                      may not be accompanied by applications for export
(4)    Whereas this invitation to tender for the export of            licences submitted under Article 44 of Commission
       intervention stocks is unusual in that it will also            Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (*).
       operate at the end of the marketing year, i.e. in
       June 1999; whereas, therefore, in the case of                  (*) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.'
       tenders made between 3 and 30 June 1999, deliv-
       eries will be possible only from 1 July 1999;
       whereas provision must accordingly be made to
       derogate from the first paragraph of Article 16 of                                  Article 3
       Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, which stipulates
       that payment must be made no later than one                Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1758/98 is replaced by
       month after acceptance of the tender;                      the following:
(5)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-              ‘3.   The last partial invitation to tender shall expire
       tion are in accordance with the opinion of the                 on 30 September 1999 at 9 a.m. (Brussels time).'
       Management Committee for Cereals,
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126, 24.5.1996, p. 37.                                                           Article 4
(3) OJ L  191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L  221, 8.8.1998, p. 3.                                    The following Article is added to Regulation (EC) No
(6) OJ L  283, 21.10.1998, p. 3.                                  1758/98:
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    ‘Article 5a                                                     ‘Article 5b
    In the case of tenders submitted between 3 and 30               In the case of licences applied for between 3 and 30
    June 1999, the following conditions shall apply:                June 1999, without prejudice to Article 17(3) fo Regu-
     notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article 16             lation (EEC) No 2131/93, the security referred to in
        of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the cereals must            the second indent of Article 17(2) of that Regulation
        be paid for by 31 July 1999, at the latest,                 shall be released only when proof is provided that the
     notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16             customs export formalities were completed on or after
        of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be             1 July 1999.'
        paid for the export shall be that indicated in the
        tender.'
                                                                                         Article 6
                         Article 5
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The following Article is added to Regulation (EC) No             publication in the Official Journal of the European
1758/98:                                                         Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 5 May 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                           ANNEX
                                         ‘ANNEX I
                                                                (Tonnes)
                          Place of storage             Quantity
            Amiens                                     222 000
            Clermont-Ferrand                             1 000
            Châlons                                     34 000
            Dĳon                                         1 400
            Lille                                      221 000
            Orléans                                    315 000
            Paris                                      138 000
            Poitiers                                     4 000
            Rouen                                      101 600
            Rennes                                      12 000'