CELEX: 31998R1792
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-14
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/98 of 14 August 1998 amending Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1323/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 opening standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by intervention agencies

L 228/22              EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 8. 98
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1792/98
                                                        of 14 August 1998
                  amending Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC)
                  No 1323/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98,
                  (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No
                  1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 opening standing invitations to tender for the
                                      export of cereals held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98 for the security
                                                                      covering the obligation to export has proved insufficient;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                      Whereas, on account of the higher prices compared with
Community,
                                                                      other third countries applied for barley on the United
                                                                      States, Canadian and Mexican markets, the minimum
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                  price fixed by tender is no longer appropriate for all
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                     destinations; whereas these destinations should therefore
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission                  be removed from the standing invitations to tender for
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5            the export of barley held by intervention agencies;
thereof,
                                                                      Whereas Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98,
                                                                      (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1323/98, (EC) No 1579/98,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),                   (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays               (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98,
down the procedures and conditions for the sale of cereals            (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No 1791/98
held by intervention agencies;                                        must therefore be amended;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas Commission Regulations (EC) No 1119/98 (5),                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(EC) No 1122/98 (6), (EC) No 1123/98 (7), (EC) No 1323/               Committee for Cereals,
98 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1740/98 (9),
(EC) No 1579/98 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1732/98 (11), (EC) No 1641/98 (12), (EC) No 1666/98 (13),
(EC) No 1667/98 (14), (EC) No 1735/98 (15), (EC) No 1758/
98 (16), (EC) No 1759/98 (17), (EC) No 1760/98 (18), (EC) No          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1761/98 (19) and (EC) No 1791/98 (20) opened standing
invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by
intervention agencies to all third countries;                                                  Article 1
                                                                      Article 8(2) of Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No
Whereas in view of the situation on the world cereals
                                                                      1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98, (EC) No 1323/98, (EC) No
market the amount laid down in Article 8 of Regulations
                                                                      1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98, (EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No
(EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No 1123/98,
                                                                      1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No
(EC) No 1323/98, (EC) No 1579/98, (EC) No 1641/98,
                                                                      1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, (EC) No 1761/98 and (EC) No
(EC) No 1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98,
                                                                      1791/98 is replaced by the following:
(EC) No 1758/98, (EC) No 1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98,
                                                                          ‘2.    Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.                                          No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be covered
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                                         by a security equal at least to the difference between
(3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.                                         the intervention price valid on the day of the award
(5) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 54.                                         and the minimum price awarded and never less than
(6) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 69.                                         ECU 10 per tonne. Half of this amount shall be
(7) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 74.
(8) OJ L 183, 26. 6. 1998, p. 33.                                         lodged when the licence is issued and the balance
(9) OJ L 218, 6. 8. 1998, p. 8.                                           shall be lodged before the cereals are removed.
(10) OJ L 206, 23. 7. 1998, p. 21.
(11) OJ L 217, 5. 8. 1998, p. 9.                                          Notwithstanding Article 15(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
(12) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 4.
(13) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 12.                                        3002/92:
(14) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(15) OJ L 217, 5. 8. 1998, p. 13.                                          the part of the security lodged when the licence is
(16) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 3.                                              issued must be released within 20 working days of
(17) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 8.                                              the date on which the successful tenderer supplies
(18) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 13.
(19) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 18.                                             proof that the cereals removed have left the
(20) See page 17 of this Official Journal.                                    customs territory of the Community,
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     the remainder must be released within 15 working           1759/98, (EC) No 1760/98, and (EC) No 1791/98 are
        days of the date on which the successful tenderer        replaced by ‘for export to third countries with the excep-
        supplies the proof referred to in Article 17(3) of       tion of the United States, Canada and Mexico'.
        Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.'
                         Article 2                                                        Article 3
The words ‘for export to third countries' in Article 2(1) of     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Regulations (EC) No 1119/98, (EC) No 1122/98, (EC) No            publication in the Official Journal of the European
1666/98, (EC) No 1667/98, (EC) No 1735/98, (EC) No               Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 14 August 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                           Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                       Member of the Commission