CELEX: 31998R0248
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 248/98 of 30 January 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands

31. 1. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 25/17
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 248/98
                                                     of 30 January 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,                       conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             whereas detailed rules on the application and deter-
Community,                                                        mination of these conversions were set by Commission
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (7), as last amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92              Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (8);
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect
of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the           Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed
Canary Islands (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No         rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                 and in particular to the rates of prices for these products
                                                                  in the European part of the Community and on the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No             world market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands
1601/92, the requirements of the Canary Islands for rice          should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and quality
by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent to              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community            Committee for Cereals,
origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular
reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
in particular is to be based on the prices applied to
exports to third countries;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 (4), lays down              Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92,
common detailed rules for implementation of the specific          the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community
arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural prod-         origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of
ucts, including rice, to the Canary Islands;                      the Canary Islands shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                  hereto.
Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (5), as                                     Article 2
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used
to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural        1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 January 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 304, 29. 11. 1994, p. 18.
(5)  OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.                                (7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
( 6) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.                                  (8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
 ---pagebreak--- L 25/18     EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                        31. 1. 98
                                                    ANNEX
        to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply
                        of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                               Amount of aid
                    Product
                  (CN code)
                                                               Canary Islands
        Milled rice
          (1006 30)                                               155,00
        Broken rice
          (1006 40)                                                34,00