CELEX: 31998R1857
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/98 of 28 August 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

29. 8. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 241/15
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1857/98
                                                     of 28 August 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 last
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (8), are used to
Community,                                                         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 562/98 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,          Regulation (EC) No 961/98 (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 world
to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which               market the aid for supply to the Azores and Madeira
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community             should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
in particular is to be based on the prices applied to              Committee for Cereals,
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-           Pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92,
tural products, including rice, to the Azores and Madeira;         the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community
whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 of 16               origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of
July 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation            the Azores and Madeira shall be as set out in the Annex
of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice prod-          hereto.
ucts to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the fore-
cast supply balance for these products (5), as last amended                                   Article 2
by Regulation (EC) No 1683/94 (6), lays down detailed
rules which complement or derogate from the provisions             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
of the aforementioned Regulation;                                  1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 August 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1)  OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(2)  OJ L 76, 13. 3. 1998, p. 6.
(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 135, 8. 5. 1998, p. 5.
 ---pagebreak--- L 241/16     EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          29. 8. 98
                                                     ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 28 August 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)                                            140,00                140,00