CELEX: 31998R2358
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2358/98 of 30 October 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands

L 293/24              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31. 10. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2358/98
                                                    of 30 October 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 961/98 (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
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No              in the European part of the Community and on the world
1601/92, the requirements of the Canary Islands for rice           market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should be
are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and quality          set at the amounts given in the Annex;
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
in particular is to be based on the prices applied to              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
exports to third countries;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (3), as                                         Article 1
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 825/98 (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 last                                         Article 2
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 November
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 October 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 117, 21. 4. 1998, p. 5.
(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 135, 8. 5. 1998, p. 5.
 ---pagebreak--- 31. 10. 98     EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                        L 293/25
                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 October 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply
                           of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
                                                                                           (ECU/tonne)
                       Product
                                                                  Amount of aid
                      (CN code)
           Milled rice
             (1006 30)                                              140,00
           Broken rice
             (1006 40)                                               31,00