CELEX: 31981R0552
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 552/81 of 2 March 1981 prolonging the temporary suspension of the advance fixing of the import levy for rice

No L 56/22                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3 . 3 . 81
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 552/81
                                                       of 2 March 1981
               prolonging the temporary suspension of the advance fixing of the import levy
                                                              for rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 415/81 of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         18 February 1981 (3), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 477/81 (4), temporarily suspended advance
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                fixing of the import levy for rice ; whereas the reasons
 Economic Community,
                                                                     which led to that suspension still exist ; whereas it is
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        important, therefore, to continue that measure for a
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                  limited period, which will make it possible to monitor
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of            the situation,
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first para­
graph, second phrase, of Article 13 (7) thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                           Article 1
 market situation shows that the application of such
 provisions is causing, or is likely to cause, difficulties ;        In Article 1 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 415/81 ,
Whereas there is a danger, having regard to the mone­                '2 March 1981 ' is hereby replaced by '5 March 1981 '.
tary situation on the world rice market, that, if existing
arrangements are adhered to, levies could be fixed in                                        Article 2
advance in the short term for quantities considerably
greater than the quantities which might be expected                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
under more normal conditions :                                        1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 March 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(") OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .                                (') OJ No L 46, 19 . 2. 1981 , p. 28 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.                             (4) OJ No L 51 , 26. 2. 1981 , p. 21 .