31994R2711

No L 288/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 11 . 94

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2711/94 of 8 November 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on maize imported into Spain from third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain, an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on imports of maize should be opened in the framework of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European these special arrangements for imports ; Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1799/94 of in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, 18 July 1994 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1994 ('), and in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, as part of an agreement with the United States Article 1 of America, the Community has undertaken to import a certain quantity of maize and sorghum into Spain in the 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the years 1987 to 1993 ; whereas by Regulation (EC) No reduction in the import levy referred to in Article 10 of 532/94 (2) extending the measures taken under the above­ Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 0 on maize to be mentioned agreement, the Council approved the exten­ imported into Spain. sion of that agreement to 1994 ; 2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 19 January 1995. During that period, weekly invitations shall Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in 1799/94, the levy reduction is to be applied to maize the notice of invitation to tender. imported into Spain under cover of a licence valid in that Member State alone ; 3 . Regulation (EC) No 675/94 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/94 of 25 Article 2 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special arrangements for Council Regulations (EC) Import licences issued under these invitations to tender No 3640/93 and (EC) No 3670/93 concerning imports of shall be valid from the date they are issued, within the maize and sorghum into Spain and of maize into Portu­ meaning of Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 675/94, gal (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2660/94 (4), lays until 30 April 1995. down the special additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, in particular those Article 3 relating to the lodging and release of the security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance with their obli­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day gations and, in particular, the obligation to process or use following its publication in the Official Journal of the the imported product on the Spanish market ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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