CELEX: 31989R0326
Language: en
Date: 1989-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 326/89 of 9 February 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3537/88 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 112 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency

10 . 2. 89                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 38/ 17
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 326/89
                                                        of 9 February 1989
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3537/88 opening a standing invitation to tender
                  for the resale on the Community market of 112 000 tonnes of sorghum held by
                                                 the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of the                                          Article 1
 Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization
of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation          Regulation (EEC) No 3537/88 is hereby amended as
(EEC) No 166/89 (2),                                                 follows :
                                                                     1 . The second paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the
                                                                         following :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87
of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of                   The sale provided for in the first paragraph shall take
 maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 (3), and                 place in accordance with the terms of this Regulation
 in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,                                    and of Titles I, excepting Article 5 thereof, and III of
                                                                         Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82.
                                                                         The tender selected must at least correspond to the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No                    buying-in price referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
 1799/87, the Spanish intervention agency has purchased                  (EEC) No 2727/75, applying on the last day for the
 300 000 tonnes of grain sorghum on the world market ;                   submission of tenders. However, where the tender
                                                                         relates to a lot of grain sorghum whose physical
                                                                         characteristics do not tally with those required for
Whereas 112 000 tonnes of grain sorghum were sold on                     intervention, the minimum price to be complied with
 the internal market pursuant to Commission Regulation                   shall be that referred to above, minus 5 % .'
(EEC) No 3537/88 (4) ; whereas, in view of the risk of
deterioration in the quality of the cereal as a result of long       2. In Article 4 (2) '26 January 1989' is replaced by *25
storage, the sale period should be extended and the                      May 1989'.
conditions should be made more flexible ; whereas, to
 that end, provision should be made for a reduction in the                                     Article 2
minimum price which, while preventing disturbance of
the market, is such as to make the disposal of the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
remainder held by the Spanish intervention agency                    publication in the Official Journal of the European
easier ;                                                             Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 9 February 1989.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 20, 25. 1 . 1989, p. 16.
0   OJ  No  L 170, 30. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No  L 309, 15. 11 . 1988, p. 30.