CELEX: 31998R2773
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2773/98 of 21 December 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands

L 346/38              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 12. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2773/98
                                                   of 21 December 1998
                  setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community
                                                   to the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        in the European part of the Community and on the world
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should be
Community,                                                         set at the amounts given in the Annex;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92               Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect           97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the            introduction of the euro (5) provides that, as from 1
Canary Islands (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No          January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,                  ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
                                                                   rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No              the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
1601/92, the requirements of the Canary Islands for rice           tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and quality
by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent to               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community             Committee for Cereals,
origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular
reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
in particular is to be based on the prices applied to
exports to third countries;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 825/98 (4), lays down           Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92,
common detailed rules for implementation of the specific           the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community
arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural prod-          origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of
ucts, including rice, to the Canary Islands;                       the Canary Islands shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed                                     Article 2
rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
and in particular to the rates of prices for these products        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 173, 27.  6. 1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 320, 11.  12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 296, 17.  11. 1994, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 117, 21.  4. 1998, p. 5.                                  (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- 22. 12. 98     EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                     L 346/39
                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the
                        supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
                                                                                         (EUR/tonne)
                       Product
                                                                   Amount of aid
                      (CN code)
           Milled rice
             (1006 30)                                               128,00
           Broken rice
             (1006 40)                                                28,00