CELEX: 31996R2457
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2457/96 of 20 December 1996 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

No L 333 /44          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               21 . 12. 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2457/96
                                                     of 20 December 1996
                  setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community
                                                  to the Azores and Madeira
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                    1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (7), as last
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (8), are used to
 Community,                                                        convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                   and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                   conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92              detailed rules on the application and determination of
 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect          these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
 of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the           (EEC) No 1068/93 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
Azores and Madeira ('), as last amended by Regulation              No 1482/96 ("■);
(EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No             rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
 1600 /92, the requirements of the Azores and Madeira for          and in particular to the rates of prices for these products
 rice are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and            in the European part of the Community and on the world
 quality by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent         market the aid for supply to the Azores and Madeira
 to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which              should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
 involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community
 origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
 in particular is to be based on the prices applied to
 exports to third countries;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 696/92 (3),
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (4), lays
 down common detailed rules for implementation of the                                           Article 1
 specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricul­
 tural products, including rice, to the Azores and Madeira;        Pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600 /92,
whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 of 16               the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community
July 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation            origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of
                                                                   the Azores and Madeira shall be as set out in the Annex
 of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice
                                                                   hereto .
 products to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the
 forecast supply balance for these products (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 683/94 (6), lays down                                           Article 2
detailed rules which complement or derogate from the
 provisions of the aforementioned Regulation;                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 20 December 1996 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No L 320, 11 . 12. 1996, p. 1 .
(■') OJ No L 179, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 6.                               (7) OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4   OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9 . 1993, p. 24.                           (8) OJ  No  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
( 5) OJ No L 198 , 17. 7. 1992, p. 37.                             0 OJ    No  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
b) OJ No L 178, 12. 7. 1994, p. 53.                                H OJ     No  L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p . 22.
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                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 1996 setting the amounts of aid for the
                    supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira
                                                                                           (ECU/tonne)
                                                                        Amount of aid
                                 Product
                               (CN code)                                 Destination
                                                                 Azores               Madeira
            Milled rice
              ( 1006 30)                                         260,00               260,00