# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1954/2004

of 11 November 2004

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 238/2004

## 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)** An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 238/2004 [^2] .

**(2)** Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 [^3] , allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and on the basis of the tenders notified to make no award.

**(3)** On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.

**(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**

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 5 to 11 November 2004 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 238/2004.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 November 2004.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 November 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 40, 12.2.2004, p. 23](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_040_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_177_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 ( [OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_256_R_TOC) ).

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