COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1308/97 of 7 July 1997 closing an invitation to tender for the supply of cereals as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security (1), and in particular Article 24 (1) (b) thereof,

Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 1096/97 (2), the Commission issued an invitation to tender for the supply of cereals as food aid; whereas the conditions of the supply, as regards lot A should be reviewed and the invitation to tender for this lot should consequently be closed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For lot A of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1096/97 the invitation to tender is closed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 7 July 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 158, 17. 6. 1997, p. 33.