Commission Regulation (EC) No 541/96 of 28 March 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1813/95 relating to a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 541/96 of 28 March 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1813/95 relating to a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1101/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 (2), Article 17 (5) and (15) and Article 20 (3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1813/95 (3) provides that partial invitations to tender for the export of white sugar are to be held every week; whereas, for administrative reasons, certain of those invitations to tender should not take place;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1813/95 is hereby replaced by the following:

'4. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, no partial invitations to tender will be issued on Wednesday, 3 April 1996 and Wednesday, 1 May 1996.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication 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, 28 March 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.

(2) OJ No L 110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 175, 27. 7. 1995, p. 12.