CELEX: 31997R0181
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 181/97 of 31 January 1997 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

1 . 2. 97                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 31 / 15
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 181 /97
                                                         of 31 January 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,                          whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                     1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 38 1 3/92 (7), as last
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (*), are used to
Community,                                                           convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                     and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                     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 (1(l);
(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
                                                                     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 1 696/92 f),
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
tural products, including rice, to the Azores and Madeira;           Pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92,
whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 of 16                 the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community
July 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation              origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of
of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice                  the Azores and Madeira shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                     hereto .
products to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the
forecast supply balance for these products (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 683/94 (6), lays down                                             Article 2
detailed rules which complement or derogate from the
provisions of the aforementioned Regulation;                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1997 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                    Done at Brussels, 31 January 1997.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L  173 ,  27. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 320 ,   11 . 12. 1996, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  179 ,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 6.                              0 OJ     No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No L 238 ,   23 . 9 . 1993, p. 24.                           0 OJ     No L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p . 1 .
(5) OJ  No L  198 ,  17. 7. 1992, p. 37.                             0 OJ     No L  108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106 .
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                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 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)                                           260,00               260,00