31989R0868

No L 92/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 4. 89

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 868/89 of 4 April 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3537/88 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 112 000 tonnes of sorghum held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the 1 . The second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 3537/88 is hereby replaced by the following : No 166/89 (2), The sale provided for in the first paragraph shall take Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 place in accordance with the terms of this Regulation of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of and of Part I, excepting Article 5 thereof, and Part III maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 (3), and of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 (*). in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, If the tenders do not seem to tally with the value of Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No the goods on the market taking into account in 1799/87, the Spanish intervention agency has purchased particular their quality, the Spanish intervention 300 000 tonnes of grain sorghum on the world market ; agency may decide not to proceed with the invitation Whereas 112 000 tonnes of grain sorghum were sold on to tender. the internal market pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3537/88 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 0 OJ No L 202, 9 . 7. 1982, p. 23 . 326/89 (*) ; whereas, in view of the risk of deterioration in the quality of the cereal as a result of long storage, the conditions of sale should be made more flexible while Article 2 preventing disturbance of the market ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its in accordance with the opinion of the Management publication in the Official Journal of the European Committee for Cereals, Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 4 April 1989.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (A OJ No L 20, 25. 1 . 1989, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 170, 30 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 309, 15. 11 . 1988, p, 30. W Ol No L 38 . 10 . 2. 1989. D . 17.