CELEX: 51988PC0120(10)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RICE

30. 5. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 139/13
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common
                                               organization of the market in rice
                                                          (88/C 139/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNTIES,                                which the paddy rice is offered, under conditions
                                                                       determined in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,              If the quality of the paddy rice offered is different from
                                                                       the standard quality for which the intervention price has
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     been fixed, the intervention price shall be adjusted by
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,               applying price increases or reductions.
                                                                       3. Under the conditions laid down pursuant to
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
                                                                       paragraphs 4 and 5, the intervention agencies shall offer
Committee,
                                                                       for sale paddy rice bought in pursuant to paragraph 1,
Whereas the intervention mechanism was adjusted from                   for export to third countries or for supply to the internal
the 1987/1988 marketing year, in particular as concerns the            market.
conditions for opening buying in by intervention agencies
                                                                       4. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
during the period when the latter is possible; whereas
                                                                       proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general
experience has shown that the new mechanism entails
                                                                        rules governing intervention.
highly cumbersome administrative management without
affording any real advantages; whereas the previous                     5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
system should accordingly be reestablished;                             shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                        down in Article 27, in particular as regards:
Whereas, on buying in, the coefficient of 94 % must apply
to the intervention price valid at the beginning of the                — the minimum quality and quantity required for
marketing year and whereas it must not affect the monthly                    intervention,
increases,
                                                                       — the price increases or reductions applicable to
                                                                             intervention,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                        — the procedures and conditions for taking over by the
                           Article 1                                         intervention agencies,
                                                                        — the procedures and conditions for disposal by the
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (J) is hereby                            intervention agencies.'
amended as follows:
                                                                    2. Article 7(1) is replaced by the following:
 1. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
                                                                        ' 1 . The target price, intervention prices and buying-in
     'Article 5                                                         prices referred to in Article 5(2) shall be subject to
                                                                        monthly increases, phased over the whole or part of the
     1. In the period 1 December to 31 July, the interven-              marketing year.'
     tion agencies shall buy in paddy rice which is offered to
     them, provided the offers comply with conditions, in
                                                                                               Article 2
     particular in respect of quantity, to be determined in
     accordance with paragraph 5.                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
     2. Buying in as provided for in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                    European Communities.
     carried out on the basis of a price equal to 94 % of the
     intervention price ruling for the marketing centre at          It shall apply from 1 September 1988.
                                                                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
 (!) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.                                applicable in all Member States.