CELEX: 31999R2011
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2011/1999 of 20 September 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1707/1999 opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries

21. 9. 1999            EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 248/23
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2011/1999
                                                          of 20 September 1999
              amending Regulation (EC) No 1707/1999 opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax
                                       for the export of common wheat to all third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       the products have left the territory of the Community on
                                                                                  board a vessel suitable for sea treansport may be consid-
                                                                                  ered to provide a sufficient guarantee;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (3)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2),
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the                                               Article 1
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in                 Regulation (EC) No 1707/1999 is amended as follows:
particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                          1. the title is replaced by the following:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2010/                           ‘opening an invitation to tender for the refund or the tax for
        1999 (5), opens an invitation to tender relating to the               the export of common wheat to all third countries except
        export of common wheat to certain ACP States; whereas                 certain ACP States’;
        the destinations laid down in Commission Regulation
        (EC) No 1707/1999 (6) should therefore be amended;                2. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:
                                                                              ‘2.     The invitation to tender shall cover common wheat
                                                                              for export to all third countries except ACP States listed in
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of                     Annex III.’;
        15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules for
        the application of the system of export refunds on agri-
        cultural products (7) requires that, where refunds vary           3. the following Article 4a is added after Article 4:
        according to destination, payment of the refund be made
        conditional inter alia on presentation of proof that the              ‘Article 4a
        product has been imported in its unaltered state into the
        third country or into one of the third countries for                  Notwithstanding Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC)
        which the refund applies; whereas that proof is required              No 800/1999 (*), proof of completion of customs formali-
        under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC)              ties for release for consumption shall not be required for
        No 2010/1999 for exports of common wheat to certain                   payment of refunds fixed in a contract awarded under this
        ACP States; whereas exports to other third countries                  tender, in so far as the operator provides proof that a
        under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC)              quantity of at least 1 500 tonnes of cereal product have left
        No 1707/1999 are carried out under less favourable                    the customs territory of the Community on board a vessel
        conditions; whereas the risk of fraud is therefore small;             suitable for sea transport.
        whereas, in order to avoid obstructing these exports to
        other third countries, proof of arrival should not be                 (*) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.’;
        required; whereas certificates drawn up by the
        competent authorities of the Member States stating that           4. the title of Annex I is replaced by the following:
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.                                                ‘Weekly tender for the refund or the tax for the export of
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.                                                common wheat to all third countries except certain ACP
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.                                              States:’;
(5) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 201, 31.7.1999, p. 55.
(7) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.                                           5. the following Annex III is added:
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                                                      ‘ANNEX III
                            Groups of ACP States signatories to the Lomé Convention
                       Group I                           Group II                     Group III
         Mauritania                         Chad                           Seychelles
         Mali                               Central African Republic       Comores
         Niger                              Benin                          Madagascar
         Senegal                            Cameroon                       Mauritius
         Gambia                             Equatorial Guinea              Angola
         Guinea Bissau                      São Tomé and Príncipe          Zambia
         Guinea                             Gabon                          Malawi
         Cape Verde                         Congo                          Mozambique
         Sierra Leone                       Democratic Republic of Congo   Namibia
         Liberia                            Rwanda                         Botswana
         Côte-d'Ivoire                      Burundi                        Zimbabwe
         Ghana                              Burkina Faso                   Lesotho
         Togo                                                              Swaziland
                                                                           Djibouti
                                                                           Ethiopia
                                                                           Eritrea’
                                                       Article 2
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal
         of the European Communities.
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 20 September 1999.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission