CELEX: 31993R2694
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2694/93 of 30 September 1993 suspending advance fixing of the import levy for broken rice

1 . 10. 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 245/71
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2694/93
                                                     of 30 September 1993
                             suspending advance fixing of the import levy for broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        rules covering the importation of broken rice originating
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in the ACP States ; whereas those rules provide for
Economic Community,                                                advance fixing of the import levy ; whereas, for the
                                                                   purpose of applying those rules, the procedure of advance
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76              fixing of the levies on broken rice imported from the
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  ACP States should therefore be maintained ;
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1544/93 (2), and in particular the first paragraph of           Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
Article 13 (7) thereof,                                            delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                   chairman,
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            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
that the application of such provisions will or is likely to
cause difficulties ; whereas this provision may be applied                                 Article 1
only, as deemed necessary, for a strictly specified period ;
whereas the application of the provisions in question               1 . Advance fixing of the import levy for the products
should therefore be suspended until 31 December 1993               referred to in Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC)
in order to enable an assessment of the impact of the              No 1418/76 is hereby suspended from 1 October to
measure on trade flows ;                                           31 December 1993 .
Whereas there is danger, given the reduction of the levy
                                                                   2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to products imported
on broken rice, that if existing arrangements are adhered
                                                                   under the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC)
to, levies could be fixed in advance for quantities conside­       No 999/90 .
rably in excess of the quantities which might be envi­
saged under normal conditions ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 999/90 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 560/91 (4), lays down               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 September 1993.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
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