Article 3(4) of Regulations (EC) No 1666/98 and (EC) No 1641/98 is replaced by the following:
'4. In application of Article 7(2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the successful tenderer shall be reimbursed for the lowest transport costs between the place of storage and the place of exit on the basis of invoices within the maximum limits specified in the invitation to tender.
In the case of export via the port of Koper, the transport costs between the place of storage and the port shall be reimbursed on condition that the successful tenderer produces proof that he has loaded the intervention cereals onto a seagoing vessel.`
The following is added to the last indent of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1641/98:
'In the case of export via the Slovenian port of Koper, the amount remaining must be released within 15 working days of the date on which the successful tenderer produces proof that he has loaded a seagoing vessel and that the vessel has left the port of Koper.`
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, 8 January 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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