EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 12. 98 L 346/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2773/98
of 21 December 1998
setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community
to the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respectof certain agricultural products for the benefit of theCanary Islands (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92, the requirements of the Canary Islands for riceare to be covered in terms of quantity, price and qualityby the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent toexemption from the levy, of Community rice, whichinvolves the grant of an aid for supplies of Communityorigin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particularreference to the costs of the various sources of supply andin particular is to be based on the prices applied toexports to third countries;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (
3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 825/98 (4), lays down
common detailed rules for implementation of the specificarrangements for the supply of certain agricultural prod-ucts, including rice, to the Canary Islands;
Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed
rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,and in particular to the rates of prices for these productsin the European part of the Community and on the world
market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should beset at the amounts given in the Annex;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to theintroduction of the euro (
5) provides that, as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at therate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92,
the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Communityorigin under the specific arrangements for the supply ofthe Canary Islands shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 296, 17. 11. 1994, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 117, 21. 4. 1998, p. 5. (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 12. 98 L 346/39
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the
supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
(EUR/tonne)
Product
(CN code)Amount of aid
Milled rice
(1006 30) 128,00
Broken rice
(1006 40) 28,00