NoC80/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.3.93
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amendingCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
riceandrepealingRegulations (EEC)No2744/75and(EEC)No1009/86
(93/C80/04
orderthatgrainsnotfullyripebeconsideredaswhole
grains,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Regulation (EEC)No1418/76isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.ThefirstsubparagraphofArticle5(2)isreplacedby
thefollowing:
'Thebuying-inreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
carriedoutonthebasisofapriceequal,inthecaseof
indicarice,to94%and,inthecaseofjaponicarice,to
90%oftheinterventionpriceapplicableforthe
marketingcentreatwhichthepaddyriceisoffered,
undertheconditionsadoptedpursuanttoparagraphs4
and5.'THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocial
Committee ,
WhereasthereisashortfallinCommunityproductionof
indicarice;whereasthespecialproductionaidforthistype
ofrice,introducedin1987/88andintendedtoexpand
productionofthisrice,willceasetoapplyasfromthe1993
harvest;
Whereas,inviewofthissituationandtheloweryieldof
indicaricecomparedwithriceofthejaponicavariety,a
varietyofwhichtheCommunityhasalargesurplus,the
varietalconversionmeasuresundertakenshouldbepursued
bydifferentiatingthelevelofthebuying-inpriceforeachof
thevarietiesinquestion;
Whereas,inthecaseofprocessedriceproducts,thecriteria
andtherulestobeappliedforfixingthelevies,export
refundsandproductionrefundsshouldbedeterminedby
theCommisiononthebasisofamanagementcommittee
procedureanalogoustothatprovidedforunderRegulation
(EEC)No1766/92(*)forcereals;whereasRegulations
(EEC)No2744/75(2)and(EEC)No1009/86(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1766/92,should
accordinglyberepealed;
Whereasproblemshavearisenovertheinterpretationof
theruleontheclassificationofbrokenriceforthepurposes
oftheapplicationofimportlevies;whereas,inorderto
preventpossiblefraud,aclearerdefinitionisrequiredof
thepointinAnnexAtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1418/76(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No674/92(5),concerningmeasurementsofthegrains,in2.Thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtoArticle5(5):
'Ricevarietieswhichmaybeconsideredasindica
varietiesshallbedeterminedinaccordancewiththe
sameprocedure,withanyothervarietytobe
consideredasajaponicavariety.'
3.Article8aisdeleted.
4.Article9aisreplacedbythefollowing:
'Article9
1.Aproductionrefundmaybegrantedforstarchand
certainderivedproductsobtainedfromriceandbroken
rice,usedinthemanufactureofcertainproducts.Alist
ofsuchproductsshallbedrawnupinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninparagraph3.
2.Therefundreferredtoinparagraph1shallbefixed
periodically .(!)OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
i1)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
(3)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.6.
(4)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(5)OJNoL73,19.3.1992,p.7.

20.3.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC80/7
Article2
Regulations (EEC)No2744/75and(EEC)No1009/86
concerningriceareherebyrepealedasfromthe1993/94
marketingyear.3.TheCommissionshalladoptthedetailedrulesfor
applyingthisArticleandshallfixtheamountofthe
refundinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article27.'
5.Article12(3)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'3.TheCommissionshalladoptthedetailedrulesfor
applyingthisArticleinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle27.'
6.Article17(5)isdeleted.Paragraphs6and7ofthat
Articlebecomeparagraphs5and6respectively .
7.Point2(d)(ii)ofAnnexAtoRegulation (EEC)
No1418/76isreplacedbythefollowing:
'sievethesamplesoastoretainonlywholegrains,
includinggrainsnotfullyripe;'.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1September1993,withthe
exceptionoftheprovisionsofArticle4(1)and(5)and
Article2whichshallapplywitheffectfrom1July1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
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