Council Regulation (EEC) No 1425/76 of 21 June 1976 on special intervention measures for rice

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1425/76  of 21 June 1976  on special intervention measures for rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the establishment of a single price system for rice entails replacing national systems of regionalized intervention prices, limited to the territory of each producer Member State by a uniform Community system ; whereas changed patterns of trade between surplus and deficit areas in the Community should result therefrom;
Whereas it is not yet possible to make a final decision on adapting the market to the new regionalized prices for rice on a Community scale and to the disappearance of price zones which had been created by the barrier of intra-Community levies;
Whereas, moreover, harvests of all or several varieties of rice, which in certain regions of the Community differed substantially from the average for previous years, could in those regions temporarily bring about a change in market prices not found elsewhere in the Community;
Whereas in consequence intervention agencies might have to buy in large quantities in certain regions without this measure being required by the long-term trend of markets in the Community;
Whereas provision should therefore be made for preventive measures to enable trade to support the market in those regions for a given period;
Whereas, in view of the uniformity which should characterize the Community market in rice, such measures should be assessed and decided upon from a Community viewpoint,