COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1544/93 of 14 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2744/75 and (EEC) No 1009/86

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1544/93 of 14 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2744/75 and (EEC) No 1009/86
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas there is a shortfall in Community production of Indica rice; whereas, in view of this situation and the lower yield of Indica rice compared with rice of the Japonica variety, a variety of which the Community has a large surplus, the varietal  conversion measures agreed upon should be pursued by differentiating the level of the intervention buying-in price for each of the rice varieties in question and by maintaining production aid for Indica rice; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (4)  should therefore be amended;
Whereas, in the case of processed rice products, the criteria and the rules to be applied for fixing the levies, export refunds and production refunds should be determined by the Commission on the basis of a management committee procedure analogous to  that provided for under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (5); whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export system for products processed  from cereals and from rice (6) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 of 25 March 1986 establishing general rules applying to production refunds in the cereals and rice sector (7) should therefore be repealed;