
Article 1 

1. A tendering procedure is opened for the reduction in the duty referred to in Article 136 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 on maize to be imported into Portugal.
2. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 shall apply.
Article 2 
The invitation shall remain open until 16 December 2010. During that period partial invitations to tender shall be issued and the dates for submission of tenders shall be laid down in the notice of invitation to tender.
Article 3 
Import licences issued in the context of this invitation to tender shall be valid for 50 days from the date of issue within the meaning of Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008.
Article 4 
Regulation (EC) No 677/2009 is hereby repealed.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 June 2010.
It shall expire on 16 December 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 May 2010.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOŞ
Member of the Commission