CELEX: 31999R1153
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1153/1999 of 1 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 305 229 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened

L 139/16               EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 2. 6. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1153/1999
                                                        of 1 June 1999
                  amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 305 229 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,                               and quantities in store; whereas Annex I to Regula-
                                                                          tion (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 Regula-
                                                                          tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                      Management Committee for Cereals,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
thereof,
(1)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/                                          Article 1
       93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/          Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 is hereby amended as
       1999 (4), lays down the procedures and conditions          follows:
       for the disposal of cereals held by the intervention
       agencies;                                                  1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
(2)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/                    ‘Article 2
       98 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  1.     The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
       1144/1999 (6), opened a standing invitation to                 of 305 229 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third
       tender for the export of 203 081 tonnes of barley              countries, with the exception of the United States,
       held by the Austrian intervention agency; whereas,             Canada and Mexico.
       Austria informed the Commission of the intention
                                                                      2.     The regions in which the 305 229 tonnes of
       of its intervention agency to increase by 102 148
                                                                      barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-
       tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation
                                                                      tion.';
       to tender for export has been opened; whereas the
       total quantity of barley held by the Austrian inter-       2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
       vention agency for which a standing invitation to
       tender for export has been opened should be                                           Article 2
       increased to 305 229 tonnes;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(3)    Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to           publication in the Official Journal of the European
       tender makes it necessary to alter the list of regions     Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 1 June 1999.
                                                                              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 5, 9.1.1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 211, 29.7.1998, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 137, 1.6.1999, p. 20.
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                                             ANNEX
                                           ‘ANNEX I
                                                                   (tonnes)
                             Place of storage             Quantity
              Niederösterreich, Wien, nördliches Burgen-
              land                                       214 491
              Steiermark, südliches Burgenland            22 081
              Oberösterreich                              68 657'