CELEX: 32000R0406
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 406/2000 of 23 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of rye held by the German intervention agency

24. 2. 2000            EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 51/11
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 406/2000
                                                           of 23 February 2000
               amending Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of
                                            rye held by the German intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       under the invitation to tender for the export of rye held
                                                                                  by the German intervention agency.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (4)     Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 must be amended
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                        accordingly.
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                     (5)     The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/                          ered an opinion within the time limit set by its
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                                    chairman,
Whereas:
(1)     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays down
        the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals                                       Article 1
        held by intervention agencies.
                                                                          Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 is replaced by
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2079/1999 (5), as last              the following:
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 159/2000 (6), opens a
        standing invitation to tender for the export to all third             ‘1.    The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
        countries of rye held by the German intervention                      1 700 029 tonnes of rye for export to all third countries
        agency.                                                               except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech
                                                                              Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria
(3)     The increasingly closer links between the European                    and Slovenia.’.
        Union and certain central and eastern European coun-
        tries and the current situation on the rye market in those                                     Article 2
        countries mean that Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
        the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania,                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        Bulgaria and Slovenia should be ruled out as destinations         tion 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, 23 February 2000.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L  256, 1.10.1999, p. 39.
(6) OJ L  19, 25.1.2000, p. 17.