CELEX: 31993R3462
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3462/93 of 16 December 1993 suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice

No L 316/34                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 17. 12. 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3462/93
                                                     of 16 December 1993
                                suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        levies for the      product concerned be temporarily
                                                                   suspended ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  Committee for Cereals,
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 544/93 (2), and in particular the second 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 advance fixing of
the levy may be suspended if the market situation shows
that the application of such provisions will or is likely to                                 Article 1
cause difficulties ;
                                                                   Advance fixing of the import levy for the products
Whereas there is danger, given the irregular pattern of            referred to in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC)
fixings at the end of the year and the uncertain trend of          No 1418/76 is hereby suspended from 17 December 1993
prices during that period, that if existing arrangements are       to 6 January 1994.
adhered to, levies could be fixed in advance in the short
term for quantities considerably in excess of the quanti­
ties which might be excepted under more normal condi­                                        Article 2
tions ;
Whereas the abovementioned situation requires that                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
application of the provisions concerning advance fixing of         1993 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 16 December 1993.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No . L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.