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aB COMMISSIONREGULATION (EC)No1324/96
of9July1996
establishing the supply balance for the Azores and Madeira in the rice products sector, and lay-
ingdowndetailedrulesfortheadjustmentofaidforproductscomingfromtheCommunity
(OJ L 171, 10.7.1996, p. 3)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
aM1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1353/97 of 15 July 1997 L 186 7 16.7.1997
aM2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2468/97 of 11 December 1997 L 341 6 12.12.1997
aM3Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/98 of 7 July 1998 L 192 10 8.7.1998
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1324/96
of9July1996
establishing the supply balance for the Azores and Madeira in the
riceproductssector,andlayingdowndetailedrulesfortheadjust-
mentofaidforproductscomingfromtheCommunity
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June
1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relat-ing to certain agricultural products(
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2537/95(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas the common detailed rules for implementation of the specific
arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to theAzores and Madeira are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC)No 1696/92(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93(4);
Whereas in order to apply Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
the forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira should beestablished for rice sector products; whereas that balance must allowthe total amount fixed to be revised during the budget year inresponse to the requirements of that region;
Whereas in order to apply Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1600/92, provision should be made for the adjustment of aid grantedfor the supply of rice sector products coming from the Communitymarket in order to prevent, in particular before the harvest, the conclu-sion of supply contracts eligible for aid for the new marketing year,
and in order to take account of the practices pertaining in the sector;
whereas this adjustment must be made on the basis of the differencebetween the buying-in intervention prices valid in the month of theapplication for the aid certificate and in the month of drawing of thecertificate respectively;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In application of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, the fore-
cast balance quantities in the rice sector benefiting from the exemp-tion from import duty on products coming from third countries or ben-
efiting from Community aid shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
The amount of the aid applicable pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
1600/92 for products in the rice sector shall be adjusted in the monthsfrom October to July inclusive by an amount equal to the monthlyincrease applying to the intervention price for paddy rice fixed for the
current marketing year, based on the processing stage and the applic-
able processing coefficient.
Where the term of validity of the licence extends beyond the end of
the marketing year, the aid shall be corrected by the break in the
intervention price for paddy rice between the two marketing years,
based on the processing stage and the applicable processing coeffi-cient.
(1) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 10.
(3) OJ No L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 6.
(4) OJ No L 238, 23. 9. 1993, p. 24.bM1
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This price break shall occur on 1 September and shall be defined as:
(a) the difference between the intervention price for paddy rice with-
out the monthly increase for the previous and the new marketing
years;
(b) the amount equal to the monthly increase multiplied by the num-
ber of months elapsing between October and the month of thelicence application, inclusive.
These two factors shall be converted using the relevant processing
coefficient applicable at the time the product is exported.
The aid shall be reduced by (a) and (b) above on the basis of the
milling stage and shall be increased from October of the new market-
ing year in accordance with the rules set out in the first subparagraphtaking account of the amount of the monthly increase applicable dur-ing the new marketing year.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.b
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ANNEX
SupplybalanceforricefortheAzoresandMadeiraforthemarketingper-
iod1July1998to30June1999
(tonnes)
Product (CN code) Azores Madeira
Milled rice 1006 30 2 500 5 000