# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 413/2006

of 9 March 2006

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005

## 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 maize imported in Portugal from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005 [^2] .

**(2)** Article 7 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 3 to 9 March 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 March 2006.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 March 2006. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 ( [OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_187_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 291, 5.11.2005, p. 4](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_291_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 1558/2005 ( [OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_249_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 ().
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[^3]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1558/2005 ().