Commission Regulation (EC) No 1709/2003 of 26 September 2003 on crop and stock declarations for rice
Date: 2003-09-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, food processing, harvest, import (EU), rice, stock

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1709/2003

of 26 September 2003

on crop and stock declarations for rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (2), and in particular Article 8(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2124/83 (3) on crop
and stock declarations for rice is no longer adapted to
the classification of types of rice currently in force. In
the interests of clarity that Regulation should be repealed
and replaced by this Regulation.

Under the third subparagraph of Article 6(5) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3072/95 crop and stock declarations are to
be made by producers and stock declarations are also to
be made by rice mills. Member States are to provide
detailed data to the Commission on the basis of these
declarations.

The Commission should be able to use the information
provided in these declarations to draw up a picture of
available rice stocks at the beginning of each marketing
year that will enable it to manage the market more effi-
ciently. The content of these declarations should there-
fore be made more precise, time limits for notification
should be laid down and the forms in which notification
is made to the Commission should be specified.

(4) With a view to modernising management, the informa-
tion required by the Commission should be sent by elec-
tronic mail.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each year producers or producer groups shall transmit to the
intervention agency of the Member State in which their holding
is located or any other body designated by that Member State:

(a) before 15 October, a declaration of stocks held on 31
August, distinguishing between the types of rice defined in
paragraph 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
and specifying for each type the quantity held and the
whole-grain yield;

(b) before 15 November, a crop declaration distinguishing
between the types of rice defined in paragraph 2 of Annex
A to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and specifying for each
rice
type the surface area used and the quantity of
obtained.

Article 2

As regards their processing and import activities, rice mills
shall, before 15 October each year, transmit to the intervention
agency of the Member State in which they are located or any
other body designated by that Member State a declaration of
rice stocks held on 31 August, distinguishing between the types
of rice defined in paragraph 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EC)
No 3072/95, divided into rice produced in the Community and
that imported from third countries. The quantities held shall be
broken down by stage of milling. For each quantity of rice in
husk (paddy rice) or husked rice, the whole-grain yield shall
also be indicated.

Article 3

1. Member States shall forward to the Commission:

(a) before 15 November, the information shown in Annexes I
and II resulting from a summary of the data provided in
the declarations referred to in Articles 1(a) and 2;

(b) before 15 December, the information shown in Annex III,
resulting from a summary of the data provided in the crop
declarations referred to in Article 1(b) and the estimated
whole-grain yield forecast for the harvest.

The transmitted data may be amended up to 15 January at the
latest.

2.
The declarations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be trans-
mitted by electronic mail to the address given in Annexes I, II
and III.

Article 4

The Member States shall adopt the provisions required to allow
declarations to be lodged and centralised at national level.

They shall take the control measures required to ensure that
declarations correspond to reality.

They shall
measures.

inform the Commission of such provisions and

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 205, 29.7.1983, p. 16.

Article 5

Regulation (EEC) No 2124/83 is hereby repealed.

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2003.

Article 6

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

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III