CELEX: 31998R1935
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-10
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1935/98 of 10 September 1998 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1907/98

11. 9. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 251/35
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1935/98
                                                   of 10 September 1998
                  fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection
                          with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1907/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                   to the current market situation for the cereal in question
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
Community,
                                                                   being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                  Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article           chairman,
12(1) thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the maximum reduc-             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
tion in the duty on maize imported into Spain was
opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1907/98 (3);                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation            For tenders notified from 8 to 10 September 1998,
(EC) No 1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No              pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
1963/95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure            (EC) No 1907/98, the maximum reduction in the duty on
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,            maize imported shall be ECU 78,70 per tonne and be
may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import                valid for a total maximum quantity of 142 000 tonnes.
duty; whereas in fixing this maximum the criteria
provided for in Article 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No                                       Article 2
1839/95 must be taken into account; whereas a contract is
awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less           This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 September
than the maximum reduction in the duty;                            1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 10 September 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L  248, 8. 9. 1998, p. 19.
(4) OJ L  177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L  189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.