CELEX: 31997R2153
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2153/97 of 30 October 1997 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

L 297/ 118              EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 10 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2153/97
                                                     of 30 October 1997
                    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,                        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (8), are used to
                                                                   convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
Community,                                                         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92               detailed rules on the application and determination of
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect           these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the            (EEC) No 1068 /93 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
Azores and Madeira ('), as last amended by Regulation              No 1482/96 (ll));
(EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No             rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
1600/92, the requirements of the Azores and Madeira for            and in particular to the rates of prices for these products
rice are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and             in the European part of the Community and on the world
quality by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent          market the aid for supply to the Azores and Madeira
to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which               should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community
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 1 696/92 (3),
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (4), lays
down common detailed rules for implementation of the
specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricul­                                       Article 1
tural products, including rice, to the Azores and Madeira;
whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 of 16               Pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92,
July 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation            the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community
of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice                origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of
products to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the            the Azores and Madeira shall be as set out in the Annex
forecast supply balance for these products (*), as last            hereto .
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 683/94 (% lays down
detailed rules which complement or derogate from the                                           Article 2
provisions of the aforementioned Regulation;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article         This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 October
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (7), as last              1997 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 30 October 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 ') OJ L 173 , 27. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
 2) OJ  L 320 , 11 . 12. 1996, p. 1 .
 ') 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.                                (8) OJ L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
 «) OJ  L 178 , 12. 7. 1994, p. 53.                                f) OJ L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 A OJ L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p . 1 .                                 I0) OJ L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p . 22.
 ---pagebreak--- 31 . 10 . 97      EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                         L 297/ 119
                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 October 1997 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
                                 (CN code)                                 Destination
                                                                   Azores               Madeira
             Milled rice
               ( 1006 30)                                          208,00               208,00