CELEX: 31987R3878
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87 of 18 December 1987 on the production aid for certain varieties of rice

24. 12. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 365/3
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3878/87
                                                     of 18 December 1987
                                    on the production aid for certain varieties of rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Regulation and under the conditions set out in the follo­
                                                                   wing Article.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 2. Areas of paddy rice shall be considered as sown and
                                                                    harvested within the meaning of Article 8a of Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1418/75 where such areas are the subject of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                normal cultivation work for the purposes of production
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   and where the rice reaches the ripening stage.
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3877/87 (2), and in particular Article 8a(4) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
                                                                    1 . The aid referred to in Article 1 shall be granted for
Whereas Article 8(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 lays            those varieties of paddy rice of the Indica type or profile
down that an aid is to be granted for the production in             listed in Annex B, the grains of which have the following
the Community of certain varieties of rice ; whereas, in            morphological characteristics after the husk has been
                                                                    removed :
order to promote the guidance towards and varietal
conversion of rice production to certain types of rice for         (a) grain length of 6,6 mm ;
which greater demand exists, in particular in the non-pro­
ducer Member States, provision should be made for the              (b) length/with ratio of not less than 3 ;
morphological and qualitative characteristics to be deter­         (c) total absence of pearl or striation in the case of at least
mined on the basis of these objectives ;                                 60 % of the grains of milled rice sampled.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8(aX2) of the abovemen­               This aid shall be granted for the first time in respect of
tioned Regulation, the aid is to be granted by the Member          rice sown during the 1987/88 marketing year.
States per hectare of the area sown and harvested ;
whereas, in this respect, it is reasonable to accept that all      2. As from the 1988/89 marketing year, the varieties in
areas that have been soon and in respect of which normal           question must also display glutinosity, consistency and
cultivation work is carried out will be harvested ;                amylose content charactistics to be defined in accordance
                                                                   with the procedure referred to in paragraph 3, as well as
Whereas the proper functioning of the aid arrangements             the characteristics defined in paragraph 1 .
requires control by the Member States to ensure that the
aid is only granted for the areas concerned and for such           3. The rules for application of this Article and for
products as may be the subject of the aid ; whereas such           amending the list of varieties set out in Annex B shall be
control can only be carried out effectively during the             decided on in accordance with the procedure laid down
period of ripening ; whereas for this purpose, provision           in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.
should be made for each Member State concerned to
introduce a system of declarations in respect of such areas,
                                                                                              Article 3
                                                                    1 . The Member States shall introduce a system of
                                                                   administrative and physical control to ensure that the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      product in respect of which the aid has been applied for
                                                                   meets the conditions required for the granting of the aid.
                                                                   2. The Member States shall introduce a system of
                          Article 1                                declarations in respect of the areas under cultivation and
                                                                   of the varieties of certified seeds used. These declarations
1 . The aid provided in Article 8a of Regulation (EEC)             shall be deemed to be the application for aid.
No 1418/76 shall be granted by the Member State for the
production of certain varieties of rice of the indica type or
profile grown in the areas referred to in Annex A to this                                     Article 4
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               Member States shall carry out systematic on-the-spot
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                           checks of the exactitude of the declarations referred to in
(3 OJ No C 89, 3. 4. 1987, p. 11 .                                 Article 3 (2) in thq month preceding the harvest.
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                        Article 5                              tion and information on, in particular, the which have
                                                               benefitted from the aid.
The amount of the aid to be paid shall be calculated on
the basis of the area under cultivation .                                               Article 7
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                        Article 6                              following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                               the European Communities.
Producer Member States shall communicate to the
Commission, the measures taken pursuant to this Regula­        It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 18 December 1987.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                            N. WILHJELM
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                               ANNEX A
                   List provided for in Article 1 (1)
                    AREAS
                    Spain
                    Metropolitan France
                    Italy
                    Greece
                                ANNEX B
                    List provded for in Article 2 (1)
                    Bluebelle E.
                    Bond
                    Indio
                    Lebonnet
                    Newbonnet
                    Rea
                    Tebonnet
                    Thaibonnet
                    Miara.