CELEX: 31997R2373
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2373/97 of 28 November 1997 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

29 . 11 . 97            EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 329/23
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2373/97
                                                     of 28 November 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 (*), are used to
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
  Community,                                                         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 (10);
 (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 1696/92 0,
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (4), lays            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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 f5), as last            hereto.
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 683/94 (6), 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 1 December
 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, 28 November 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(■) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
(*j OJ   L  320, 11 . 12. 1996, p. 1 .
O   OJ   L  179, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 6.
M   OJ   L  238, 23. 9. 1993, p. 24.
H   OJ   L  198, 17. 7. 1992, p. 37.                                (8) OJ L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(6 OJ L 178 , 12. 7. 1994, p. 53.                                   0 OJ L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
0 OJ L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                                     I0) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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                                                   ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 28 November 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)                                          201,00               201,00