CELEX: 31981R0415
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 415/81 of 18 February 1981 suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice

No L 46/ 28                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           19 . 2. 81
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 415 /81
                                                    of 18 February 1981
                             suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   in excess of the quantities which might be expected
COMMUNITIES,                                                     under more normal conditions ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the abovementioned situation requires that
Economic Community,                                              application of the provisions concerning advance
                                                                 fixing of levies for the product concerned be temp­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     orarily suspended ;
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the second             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
paragraph of Article 13 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 13 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
1418/76 provides that the provisions concerning
advance fixing of the levy may be suspended if the               Advance fixing of the import levy for the product
market situation shows that the application of such               referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
provisions will or is likely to cause difficulties ;              1418/76 is hereby suspended until 24 February 1981 .
Whereas there is a danger, having regard to the mone­                                   Article 2
tary situation on the world rice market, that, if existing
arrangements are adhered to, levies could be fixed in            This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 February
advance in the short term for quantities considerably             1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 18 February 1981 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 .