20. 4. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 99/ 11 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the 
common organization of the market in rice 
COM(89) 116 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 22 March 1989) 
(89/C 99/13) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the classification of rice was amended by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 0); whereas 
Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and 
on the Common Customs Tariff (2) was accordingly 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3174/88 (3); whereas 
the combined nomenclature codes in Article 1 (1) of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (4), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2229/88 (5)> should 
therefore be updated; 
Whereas Article 11a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 
lays down measures derogating from the levy 
arrangements provided for in Article 11 of that Regu­
lation and in particular the collection of a levy on 
imports of milled rice, reduced to the amount for the 
protection of the industry; whereas the reduction of the 
levy to the amount for the protection of the industry is 
insufficient to ensure the competitiveness of the Reunion 
rice industry; whereas the arrangements for imports of 
milled rice into Reunion should be amended as regards 
the collection of the levy; Whereas the subsidy arrangements provided for in 
Article 11a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 do not 
permit direct control of the trend in the amount of the 
subsidy on the basis of the prices or quotations on the 
Community market; whereas periodical fixing of the 
subsidy would permit the amount to be adapted more 
closely to the requirements of the Community market on 
the one hand and to the supply requirements of the 
Reunion market on the other hand, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. The common organization of the market in rice 
shall comprise a price and trading system and shall 
cover the following products: 
CN code 
(a) 1006 10 21 
1006 10 23 
1006 10 25 
1006 10 27 
1006 10 92 
1006 10 94 
1006 10 96 
1006 10 98 
1006 20 
1006 30 
(b) 1006 40 00 
(c) 1102 30 00 
1103 14 00 
1103 29 50 
1104 1991 
1108 19 10 Description 
Rice in the husk 
Husked (brown) rice 
Semi-milled or wholly-milled rice, 
whether or not polished or glazed 
Broken rice 
Rice flour 
Groats and meal of rice 
Pellets of rice 
Flaked rice 
Rice starch' (1) OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 298, 31. 10. 1988, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. 
(5) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30. (c) 1102 30 00 
1103 14 00 
1103 29 50 
1104 1991 
1108 19 10 Rice flour 
Groats and meal of rice 
Pellets of rice 
Flaked rice 
Rice starch' 
No C 99/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 4. 89 
2. Article 11a is replaced by the following: 
'Article 11a 
1. This Article shall apply to products intended to 
be consumed in the French overseas department of 
Reunion. 
2. Notwithstanding Article 11 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d) 
and (i), no levy shall be charged on imports of 
products falling within CN codes 1006 10 (excluding 
1006 10 10), 1006 20 and 1006 40 00 into the French 
overseas department of Reunion. 
3. Notwithstanding Article 11 (1) (e), (f), (g) and 
(h), the levy to be charged on imports of products 
falling within CN codes 1006 30 into the French 
overseas department of Reunion shall be multiplied by 
a coefficient of 0,30. 
4. A subsidy may be fixed for consignments to the 
French overseas department of Reunion of products 
falling within CN code 1006 excluding codes 
1006 10 10 which come from the Member States and 
are in one of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) 
of the Treaty. 
That subsidy shall be fixed on the basis of the 
difference between the prices or quotations of the 
relevant products on the world market and the prices or quotations of those products on the Community 
market. 
The subsidy shall be granted on application by the 
party concerned. 
The subsidy shall be fixed periodically in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 27. However, 
where the need arises, the Commission may, at the 
request of a Member State or on its own initiative, 
alter the subsidy in the interval. 
5. The regulations on the financing of the common 
agricultural policy shall apply to the subsidy provided 
for in paragraph 4. 
6. The detailed rules for the application of this 
Article shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 27.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from ... 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.