CELEX: 31998R2171
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/98 of 8 October 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1564/98

L 273/24             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   9. 10. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2171/98
                                                    of 8 October 1998
                 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to
                                     tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1564/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
Community,                                                        tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
                                                                  maximum refund;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         to the current market situation for the cereal in question
No 923/96 (2),                                                    results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
                                                                  amount specified in Article 1;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for         Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92            delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the              chairman,
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
No 2094/98 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund for the                                       Article 1
export of barley exported from Spain to all third countries
was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No              For tenders notified from 2 to 8 October 1998, pursuant
1564/98 (5);                                                      to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  1564/98, the maximum refund on exportation of barley
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95                   shall be ECU 73,96 per tonne.
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid                                      Article 2
down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of           This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 October 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 8 October 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 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 266, 1. 10. 1998, p. 61.
(5) OJ L 203, 21. 7. 1998, p. 6.