# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1341/2004

of 22 July 2004

opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals [^1] , and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas

**(1)** Pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture [^2] concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the Community has undertaken to import a certain quantity of maize into Spain.

**(2)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal [^3] , lays down the special additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the invitation to tender.

**(3)** Account being taken of the current situation of maize imports into Spain from third countries and the present market requirements in Spain, a call for tender should be opened for the reduction of the maize import duty.

**(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**

**1.** An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on maize to be imported into Spain.

**2.** Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

The invitation to tender shall be open until 9 September 2004. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation to tender.

## **Article 3**

Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.

## **Article 4**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 July 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1994_336_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_177_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 ( [OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_123_R_TOC) ).

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