CELEX: 31981R0477
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 477/81 of 25 February 1981 prolonging the temporary suspension of the advance fixing of the import levy for rice

26. 2. 81                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 51 /21
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 477/81
                                                   of 25 February 1981
              prolonging the temporary suspension of the advance fixing of the import levy
                                                             for nce
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 415/81 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                       18 February 1981 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 446/81 (4), temporarily suspended advance fixing of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the import levy for rice ; whereas the reasons which
Economic Community,
                                                                   led to that suspension still exist ; whereas it is impor­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       tant, therefore, to continue that measure for a limited
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                period, which will make it possible to monitor the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of           situation,
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first para­
graph, second phrase, of Article 13 (7) thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 13 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1418/76 provides that the provisions concerning
advance fixing of the levy may be suspended if the                                          Article 1
market situation shows that the application of such
provisions is causing, or is likely to cause, difficulties ;       In Article 1 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 415/81 ,
                                                                   '25 February 1981 ' is hereby replaced by '2 March
Whereas there is a danger, having regard to the mone­              1981 '.
tary situation on the world rice market, that, if existing
arrangements are adhered to, levies could be fixed in                                       Article 2
advance in the short term for quantities considerably
greater than the quantities which might be expected                This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February
under more normal conditions ;                                     1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 25 February 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               (3) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1981 ,   P­ 28 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                            (4) OJ No L 48 , 21 . 2. 1981 , P- 16 .