CELEX: 31998R2589
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2589/98 of 1 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 749 960 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

2. 12. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 324/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2589/98
                                                   of 1 December 1998
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 increasing to 749 960 tonnes the quantity
                  of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation
                                        to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5                                 Article 1
thereof,
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 is hereby amended as
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),               follows:
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2193/96 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
cereals held by the intervention agencies;
                                                                     ‘Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/98 (5),                   1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of             of 749 960 tonnes of barley for export to third coun-
249 775 tonnes of barley held by the German interven-                tries, with the exception of the United States, Canada
tion agency; whereas, Germany informed the Commission                and Mexico.
of the intention of its intervention agency to increase by
500 185 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-             2. The regions in which the 749 960 tonnes of
tion to tender for export has been opened; whereas the               barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
total quantity of barley held by the German intervention             tion.';
agency for which a standing invitation to tender for
export has been opened should be increased to 749 960             2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
tonnes;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No             publication in the Official Journal of the European
2198/98 must therefore be amended;                                Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 1 December 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  277, 14. 10. 1998, p. 9.
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                                          ANNEX
                                        ‘ANNEX I
                                                                (tonnes)
                          Place of storage             Quantity
            Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/
            Niedersachsen/Bremen/
            Nordrhein-Westfalen                        263 990
            Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/
            Baden-Württemberg/Saarland/Bayern           34 911
            Berlin/Brandenburg/
            Mecklenburg-Vorpommern                     229 624
            Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thüringen           221 435'