COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1896/93 of 14 July 1993 adjusting the prices and amounts fixed in ecus in the rice sector as a result of the monetary realignments during the 1992/93 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1544/93 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus as a result of the monetary realignments (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/93 (5), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 of 11 December 1990 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 738/93 (7), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/92 of 28 December 1992 on transitional measures for the application of the agrimonetary arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8) establishes a link between the agrimonetary arrangements applicable with effect from 1 January 1993 and those applying previously;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 establishes the list of prices and amounts in the rice sector which are affected by the reducing coefficient of 1,013088 fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (10), with effect from the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year, under the arrangements for automatically dismantling negative monetary gaps; whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 provides that the resulting reductions in the prices and amounts are to be specified for each sector concerned and that the reduced prices and amounts are to be fixed; whereas the intervention price for paddy rice and the target price for husked rice have been fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1545/93 (11) for the 1993/94 marketing year;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1547/93 (12) fixes the amount of production aid for certain varieties of rice of the Indica type during the 1992/93 marketing year;

Whereas the special aid applicable in the rice sector in Portugal provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 must be reduced by one sixth for the 1993/94 marketing year; whereas the reducing coefficient should be taken into account in doing so;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committe for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The prices and amonts fixed in ecus in the rice sector and divided by 1,013088 shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 September 1993.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 July 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 29.

(5) OJ No L 158, 30. 6. 1993, p. 18.

(6) OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 28.

(7) OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 1.

(8) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 22.

(9) OJ No L 57, 10. 3. 1993, p. 18.

(10) OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 114.

(11) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 7.

(12) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 9.

ANNEX

RICE SECTOR 1993/94 marketing year 1. Prices referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1896/93

(a) Intervention price for paddy rice ECU 309,60/tonne

(b) Target price for husked rice ECU 530,60/tonne

2. Special aid applicable in Portugal, as referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 ECU 20,56/tonne

3. Production aid for certain varieties of rice as referred to in Article 8a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ECU 98,71/ha