CELEX: 31999R0024
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 24/1999 of 7 January 1999 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2852/98

L 4/24               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                8. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 24/1999
                                                    of 7 January 1999
                 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection
                         with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2852/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
                                                                  than the maximum reduction in the duty;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                  to the current market situation for the cereal in question
                                                                  results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
12(1) thereof,                                                    Committee for Cereals,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the maximum reduc-
tion in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain was               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2852/98 (3);                                                                               Article 1
                                                                  For tenders notified from 1 to 7 January 1999, pursuant
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation           to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
(EC) No 1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No             2852/98, the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum
1963/95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure           imported shall be EUR 79,19 per tonne and be valid for a
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,           total maximum quantity of 100 000 tonnes.
may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import
duty; whereas in fixing this maximum the criteria                                          Article 2
provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1839/95 must be taken into account; whereas a contract is         This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 7 January 1999.
                                                                            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 358, 31. 12. 1998, p. 55.
(4) OJ L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 22.