CELEX: 51993PC0036(04)
Language: en
Date: 1993-02-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2744/75 and (EEC) No 1009/86

No C 80 / 6                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                         20 . 3 . 93
                                                              Proposai for a
                                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No . . .
                                                                   of . . .
               amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418 / 76 on the common organization of the market in
                              rice and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2744 / 75 and ( EEC) No 1009 / 86
                                                              ( 93 / C 80 / 04
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                   order that grains not fully ripe be considered as whole
                                                                            grains ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to             the     opinion  of the European
Parliament ,                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee ,                                                                 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1418 / 76 is hereby amended as
                                                                            follows :
Whereas there is a shortfall in Community production of
indica rice ; whereas the special production aid for this type
of rice , introduced in 1987 / 88 and intended to expand                    1 . The first subparagraph of Article 5 ( 2 ) is replaced by
production of this rice , will cease to apply as from the 1993                  the following:
harvest ;
                                                                                'The buying-in referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
Whereas , in view of this situation and the lower yield of                      carried out on the basis of a price equal , in the case of
indica rice compared with rice of the japonica variety , a                      indica rice , to 94 % and , in the case of japonica rice, to
variety of which the Community has a large surplus , the                        90 % of the intervention price applicable for the
varietal conversion measures undertaken should be pursued                       marketing centre at which the paddy rice is offered ,
by differentiating the level of the buying-in price for each of                 under the conditions adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4
the varieties in question ;                                                     and 5 .'
Whereas , in the case of processed rice products , the criteria
and the rules to be applied for fixing the levies , export                  2 . The following subparagraph is added to Article 5 ( 5 ):
refunds and production refunds should be determined by
the Commision on the basis of a management committee                            'Rice varieties which may be considered as indica
procedure analogous to that provided for under Regulation                       varieties shall be determined in accordance with the
( EEC ) No 1766 / 92 (*) for cereals ; whereas Regulations                      same procedure , with any other variety to be
( EEC ) No 2744 / 75 ( 2 ) and ( EEC ) No 1009 / 86 ( 3 ), as last              considered as a japonica variety .'
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1766 / 92 , should
accordingly be repealed ;
                                                                            3 . Article 8a is deleted .
Whereas problems have arisen over the interpretation of
the rule on the classification of broken rice for the purposes              4 . Article 9a is replaced by the following:
of the application of import levies ; whereas , in order to
prevent possible fraud , a clearer definition is required of                     'Article 9
the point in Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC )
No 1418 / 76 ( 4 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )                        1 . A production refund may be granted for starch and
No 674 / 92 ( 5 ), concerning measurements of the grains , in                   certain derived products obtained from rice and broken
                                                                                rice , used in the manufacture of certain products . A list
                                                                                of such products shall be drawn up in accordance with
(!)  OJ No  L 181 , 1 . 7 . 1992 , p . 21 .
i1)  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 65 .
                                                                                the procedure laid down in paragraph 3 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 94 , 9 . 4 . 1986 , p . 6 .
(4)  OJ No  L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 1 .                                     2 . The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed
(5 ) OJ No  L 73 , 19 . 3 . 1992 , p . 7 .                                      periodically .
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     3 . The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for                                      Article 2
     applying this Article and shall fix the amount of the
     refund in accordance with the procedure laid down in            Regulations (EEC ) No 2744 / 75 and ( EEC ) No 1009 / 86
     Article 27 .'                                                   concerning rice are hereby repealed as from the 1993 / 94
                                                                     marketing year.
5 . Article 12 ( 3 ) is replaced by the following:
     '3 . The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for
     applying this Article in accordance with the procedure
     laid down in Article 27 .'                                                                 Article 3
6 . Article 17 ( 5 ) is deleted . Paragraphs 6 and 7 of that         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     Article become paragraphs 5 and 6 respectively .                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
7 . Point 2 ( d) ( ii ) of Annex A to Regulation (EEC )
    No 1418 / 76 is replaced by the following:
                                                                     It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1993 , with the
    'sieve the sample so as to retain only whole grains ,            exception of the provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) and (5 ) and
    including grains not fully ripe ;'.                              Article 2 which shall apply with effect from 1 July 1993 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at . . .
                                                                                          For the Council