CELEX: 31998R0474
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 474/98 of 27 February 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

L 60/38               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  28. 2. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 474/98
                                                     of 27 February 1998
                  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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (8), are used
Community,                                                        to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92              conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect          whereas detailed rules on the application and determi-
of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the           nation of these conversions were set by Commission
Azores and Madeira (1), as last amended by Regulation             Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (9), as last amended by
(EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,        Regulation (EC) No 1482/96 (10);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed
1600/92, the requirements of the Azores and Madeira for           rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
rice are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and            and in particular to the rates of prices for these products
quality by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent         in the European part of the Community and on the
to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which              world market the aid for supply to the Azores and
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community            Madeira should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular           Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and       delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
in particular is to be based on the prices applied to             chairman,
exports to third countries;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (3),               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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
of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice prod-         the Azores and Madeira shall be as set out in the Annex
ucts to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the fore-         hereto.
cast supply balance for these products (5), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1683/94 (6), lays down detailed                                        Article 2
rules which complement or derogate from the provisions
of the aforementioned Regulation;                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 27 February 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1)  OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(2)  OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.
(3)  OJ L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 6.                                  (7) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
( 4) OJ L 238, 23. 9. 1993, p. 24.                                (8) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
( 5) OJ L 198, 17. 7. 1992, p. 37.                                (9) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
( 6) OJ L 178, 12. 7. 1994, p. 53.                                (10) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
 ---pagebreak--- 28. 2. 98     EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          L 60/39
                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 27 February 1998 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
                                                                          Destination
                              (CN code)
                                                                  Azores               Madeira
          Milled rice
            (1006 30)                                            124,00                124,00