CELEX: 31980R0956
Language: en
Date: 1980-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 956/80 of 17 April 1980 suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice

No L 101 /48                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           18 . 4. 80
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 956/80
                                                    of 17 April 1980
                             suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the above situation requires that application
COMMUNITIES,                                                   of the provisions concerning advance fixing of levies
                                                               for the product concerned be temporarily suspended ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Cereals,
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 1 3/80 (2), and in particular the first
paragraph of Article 13 (7) thereof,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 13 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 provides that the provisions concerning                                         Article 1
advance fixing of the levy may be suspended if the
market situation shows that the application of such            Advance fixing of the import levy for the product
provisions will or is likely to cause difficulties ;            referred in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76
                                                               is hereby suspended until 24 April 1980 inclusive.
Whereas there is a danger, having regard to the situa­
tion on the world rice market, that, if existing arrange­
ments are adhered to, levies could be fixed in advance                                  Article 2
in the short term for quantities considerably in excess
of the quantities which might be expected under                This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 April
more normal conditions ;                                        1980 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 April 1980.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 16, 22. 1 . 1980, p. 1 .