CELEX: 31997R2560
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2560/97 of 18 December 1997 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1883/97

19 . 12. 97           I EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 349/53
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2560/97
                                                       of 18 December 1997
                     fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
                                  invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1883/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          1501 /95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
                                                                     tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
Community,
                                                                     relates to an export tax;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                    Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria to
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            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               Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No             delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and            chairman,
the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on
the market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2052/97 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
                                                                                              Article 1
tax for the export of common wheat to Ceuta, Melilla and
certain ACP States was opened pursuant to Commission                 For tenders notified from 12 to 18 December 1997,
Regulation (EC) No 1883/97 (5), as amended by Regula­                pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
tion (EC) No 2545/97 (6);                                            (EC) No 1883/97, the maximum refund on exportation of
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501 /95                     common wheat shall be ECU 19,00 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 \766192,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of              This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December
the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No          1997 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 18 December 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  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.
(*)  OJ L  287,  21 . 10 . 1997, p. 14.
Is) OJ L 265, 27. 9. 1997, p. 69.
 4 OJ L 347, 18. 12. 1997, p. 33.