31994R2712

9 . 11 . 94 No L 288/5 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2712/94 oiE 8 November 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on grain sorghum imported into Spain from third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of maize into Portugal (*), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2660/94 (7), lays down the special additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in particular those relating to the lodging and release of Community, the security to be lodged by operators to ensure compli­ ance with their obligations and, in particular, the obliga­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 of tion to process or use the imported product on the 17 December 1993 on special arrangements for imports Spanish market ; of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1993 ('), and in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, Whereas, as part of an agreement with the United States of America, the Community has undertaken to import a certain quantity of maize and grain sorghum into Spain in 1993 ; whereas by Regulation (EC) No 532/94 (2) exten­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ding the measures taken under the abovementioned agreement, the Council approved the extension of that agreement to 1994 ; Article 1

Whereas, within the framework of those rights and obli­ 1 . An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the gations, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 1 /94 (3) opened reduction in the import levy referred to in Article 10 of invitations to tender for the reduction in the levy on Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (8) on grain import of the quantities remaining in 1993 ; whereas sorghum to be imported into Spain, in addition to the these quantities were not covered by the invitations to invitations to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 11 /94. tender ; whereas, in the light of current market needs in Spain, the balance left for import should be earmarked for 2. Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the that country ; whereas, to that end, a new invitation to tender should be opened ; import levy on grain sorghum provided for in Article 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply.

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 3. The invitation to tender shall be open until 8 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­ December 1994. During that period, weekly invitations tural products and certain goods resulting from the shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP in the notice of invitation to tender. States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 235/94 (*), 4. Regulation (EC) No 675/94 shall apply save as provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the levy otherwise provided for in this Regulation. applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 1100 000 tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that quota ; whereas, if that benefit is combined with the Article 2 reduction provided for under this Regulation, this iis likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals ; whereas such Import licences issued under these invitations to tender combined benefits should be ruled out for the sake of the shall be valid from the date they are issued within the satisfactory functioning of the invitation to tender ; meaning of Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 675/94, until 31 December 1994. Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/94 of 25 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application Article 3 of the special arrangements for Council Regulations (EC) No 3640/93, (EC) No 1799/94 and (EC) No 3670/93 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day concerning imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (') OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 13. O OJ No L 68, 11 . 3. 1994, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 4, 6. 1 . 1994, p. 6. (*) OJ No L 83, 26. 3. 1994, p. 26. (4) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. 0 OJ No L 284, 1 . 11 . 1994, p. 29. (0 OJ No L 265, 15. 10 . 1994, p. 3. (8) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .

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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