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Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2006

of 19 April 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the Slovak intervention agency

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^f1, and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1060/2005^f2 opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of 147 949 tonnes of common wheat held by the Slovak intervention agency.

(2)

Slovakia has informed the Commission of its intervention agency’s intention to increase by 81 909 tonnes the quantity put out to tender for export. In view of the quantities available and the market situation, the request made by the Slovakia should be granted.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1060/2005 should 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:

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).
f2: OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1606/2005 (OJ L 256, 1.10.2005, p. 11).