CELEX: 31998R1070
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1070/98 of 26 May 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 171 019 tonnes the quantity of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

27. 5. 98          ¬ EN ¬             Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 153/15
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1070/98
                                                     of 26 May 1998
                 amending Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 increasing to 171 019 tonnes the quantity
                 of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing
                                   invitation to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                2645/97 must therefore be amended;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 ( ),      3
                                                                Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 is hereby amended as
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays         follows:
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by the intervention agencies;                      1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                                                                    ‘Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 (5), as               1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 670/98 (6), opened a             of 171 019 tonnes of maize to be exported to all third
standing invitation to tender for the export of 150 993             countries.
tonnes of maize held by the Austrian intervention agency
to be exported to all third countries; whereas Austria              2. The regions in which the 171 019 tonnes of
informed the Commission of the intention of its interven-           maize are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
tion agency to increase by 20 026 tonnes the quantity for           tion.’;
which a standing invitation to tender for export has been       2. Article 5(3) is replaced by the following:
opened; whereas the total quantity of maize held by the
Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invita-           ‘3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire
tion to tender for export has been opened should be                 on 30 July 1998 at 9 a.m. (Brussels time).’;
increased to 171 019 tonnes;                                    3. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Whereas the last partial invitation to tender pursuant to
                                                                                          Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2645/97 should be postponed;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender         publication in the Official Journal of the European
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-      Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 26 May 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 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 293, 16. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 93, 26. 3. 1998, p. 18.
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                                              ANNEX
                                            ‘ANNEX I
                                                                  (tonnes)
                              Place of storage           Quantity
                Niederösterreich/nördliches Burgenland   70 500
                Steiermark/südliches Burgenland          52 380
                Kärnten                                  10 772
                Oberösterreich                           37 367’