Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 of 18 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3878/87
of 18 December 1987
on the production aid for certain varieties of rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 (2), and in particular Article 8a(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Whereas Article 8(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 lays down that an aid is to be granted for the production in the Community of certain varieties of rice; whereas, in order to promote the guidance towards and varietal conversion of rice production to certain types of rice for which greater demand exists, in particular in the non-producer Member States, provision should be made for the morphological and qualitative characteristics to be determined on the basis of these objectives;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8(a)(2) of the abovementioned Regulation, the aid is to be granted by the Member States per hectare of the area sown and harvested; whereas, in this respect, it is reasonable to accept that all areas that have been soon and in respect of which normal cultivation work is carried out will be harvested;
Whereas the proper functioning of the aid arrangements requires control by the Member States to ensure that the aid is only granted for the areas concerned and for such products as may be the subject of the aid; whereas such control can only be carried out effectively during the period of ripening; whereas for this purpose, provision should be made for each Member State concerned to introduce a system of declarations in respect of such areas,