CELEX: 31998R2774
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2774/98 of 21 December 1998 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

L 346/40             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 22. 12. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2774/98
                                                    of 21 December 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, as a result of the application of these detailed
                                                                   rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              and in particular to the rates of prices for these products
Community,                                                         in the European part of the Community and on the world
                                                                   market the aid for supply to the Azores and Madeira
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92               should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect
of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the            Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
Azores and Madeira (1), as last amended by Regulation              97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
(EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,         introduction of the euro (7) provides that, as from 1
                                                                   January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No             ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
1600/92, the requirements of the Azores and Madeira for            rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
rice are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and             the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
quality by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent          tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and        Committee for Cereals,
in particular is to be based on the prices applied to
exports to third countries;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (3),
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
by Regulation (EC) No 1683/94 (6), lays down detailed                                         Article 2
rules which complement or derogate from the provisions
of the aforementioned Regulation;                                  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. 1.
(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 238, 23. 9. 1993, p. 24.
(5) OJ L 198, 17. 7. 1992, p. 37.
(6) OJ L 178, 12. 7. 1994, p. 53.                                  (7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- 22. 12. 98     EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          L 346/41
                                                       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 Azores and Madeira
                                                                                             (EUR/tonne)
                                                                          Amount of aid
                                Product
                                                                           Destination
                               (CN code)
                                                                   Azores               Madeira
           Milled rice
             (1006 30)                                            128,00                128,00