CELEX: 31999R1767
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1767/1999 of 10 August 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 450 320 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 211/26               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   11. 8. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1767/1999
                                                            of 10 August 1999
               amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 450 320 tonnes the quantity of barley 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
                                                                                  1666/98 must therefore be amended;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (4)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                        Committee for Cereals,
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays                                        Article 1
        down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of            Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 is hereby amended as follows:
        cereals held by the intervention agencies;
                                                                          1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
(2)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 (5),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1325/1999 (6),                  ‘Article 2
        opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of              1.     The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of
        358 060 tonnes of barley held by the Austrian interven-               450 320 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third coun-
        tion agency; whereas, Austria informed the Commission                 tries, with the exception of the United States, Canada and
        of the intention of its intervention agency to increase by            Mexico.
        92 260 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-
                                                                              2.     The regions in which the 450 320 tonnes of barley
        tion to tender for export has been opened; whereas the
                                                                              are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation.’.
        total quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention
        agency for which a standing invitation to tender for              2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
        export has been opened should be increased to 450 320
        tonnes;                                                                                        Article 2
(3)     Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-        tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 10 August 1999.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                   Monika WULF-MATHIES
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L  211, 29.7.1998, p. 12.
(6) OJ L  157, 24.6.1999, p. 33.
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                                                ANNEX
                                              ‘ANNEX I
                                                                        (tonnes)
                               Place of storage                Quantity
               Niederösterreich/Wien/nördliches
               Burgenland                                     331 472
               Oberösterreich                                  87 955
               Steiermark/südliches Burgenland                 30 893’