Commission Regulation (EC) No 462/2000 of 29 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 increasing to 1 457 444 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
1. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 56/33 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 462/2000 of 29 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 increasing to 1 457 444 tonnes the quantity of barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/ 1999 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by the intervention agencies. for Commission Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2050/1999 (6), opened a standing invitation to tender the export of 1 404 507 tonnes of barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency. The United Kingdom informed the Commission of the intention of its intervention agency to increase by 52 937 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened. The total quantity of barley held by the United Kingdom intervention agency for which a standing invi- tation to tender for export has been opened should be increased to 1 457 444 tonnes. store. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 must therefore be amended. (4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1759/98 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 1 457 444 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third countries with the exception of the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. The regions in which the 1 457 444 tonnes of barley 2. are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation. ’ 2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto. Article 2 (3) This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 February 2000. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. (2) OJ L 160, 26. 6. 1999, p. 18. (3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76. (4) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 64. (5) OJ L 221, 8. 8. 1998, p. 8. (6) OJ L 255, 30. 9. 1999, p. 13. L 56/34 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 3. 2000 ANNEX ‘ANNEX I Place of storage Aberdeenshire Angus Bedfordshire Berwickshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Dorset Dumfries East Lothian Edinburgh Essex Fife Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Keith Kidderminster Kirkcaldy Leicestershire Lincolnshire Mid Lothian Norfolk North Humberside North Lincolnshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Norwich Nottinghamshire Pocklington York Salisbury Shropshire Somerset Strathclyde Suffolk Taunton Tayside West Sussex Wiltshire Worcestershire York Yorkshire (tonnes) Quantity 37 682 9 684 15 041 71 344 16 761 2 025 22 436 35 221 65 608 33 570 8 760 21 791 25 314 65 008 235 7 852 238 7 508 11 753 197 213 12 074 91 852 64 559 49 246 2 510 26 888 10 040 44 789 20 700 12 876 45 901 40 515 8 240 110 735 35 431 13 744 40 390 29 763 10 911 50 700 75 135 5 401’