CELEX: 51984PC0620(02)
Language: en
Date: 1984-11-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RICE

21.12. 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 341/5
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the
                                        common organization of the market in rice
                                                     COM(84) 620 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 December 1984)
                                                       (84/C 341/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       covered by import arrangements which do not involve
COMMUNITIES,                                                      agricultural products subject to a common organi-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      zation of the market; whereas Article 9 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) N o 1418/76 should be amended accordingly,
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 (2) thereof,                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                         Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European                      Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1418/76 is hereby
Parliament,                                                       replaced by the following:
Whereas Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) N o                      Article 9
1418/76 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                       1.    Production refunds may be granted for rice
No 1018/84 (2), makes provision for the granting of                   starch used in the manufacture of certain
production refunds for broken rice used for the                       products.
manufacture of starch and for brewing, with the aim                   2.     The Council, acting by a qualified majority
of ensuring that industry has access to basic products                on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt
at lower prices than would result from applying                       the general rules necessary to implement this
Community levies and common prices;                                   Article.'
Whereas      the present arrangements             regarding                                Article 2
production refunds have proved inappropriate to
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
developments in the starch sector; whereas it appears
                                                                  day following its publication in the Official Journal of
advisable to restrict production refunds for rice starch
                                                                  the European Communities.
to starch intended for the manufacture of products
                                                                  It shall apply from 1 August 1985.
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.                               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
C) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13.                               directly applicable in all Member States.
              Amendments to the draft Council Directive on air quality standards for nitrogen
                                                          dioxide (')
                                                     COM(84) 699 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                                        149 of the EEC Treaty on 4 December 1984)
                                                       (84/C 341/07)
                     ORIGINAL TEXT (')                                                  AMENDED TEXT
                         Article 1                                                         Article 1
The purpose of this Directive is to lay down:                     The purpose of this Directive is to lay down:
1. A limit value (Annex I) for nitrogen dioxide in the             1. A limit value (Annex I) for nitrogen dioxide in the
    atmosphere and lay down the conditions for the                    atmosphere and lay down the conditions for the
    application thereof in order:                                     application thereof in order:
    — to improve the protection of human health,                      — to improve the protection of human health,
    — to contribute       to   the   protection     of   the          — to contribute to the protection of the
       environment.                                                       environment and prevent material damage.
O OJ No C 258, 27. 9. 1983, p. 3.
O COM(83) 498 final.