Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2002 of 9 April 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 and increasing the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of rice held by the Italian intervention agency to approximately 25000 tonnes

Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2002
of 9 April 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 and increasing the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of rice held by the Italian intervention agency to approximately 25000 tonnes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular the final indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91(3) lays down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/2002(4) opens a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 20000 tonnes of round-grain paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency.
(3) In view of the current market situation, the quantity of rice placed on sale on the internal market should be increased to include 5000 tonnes of long-grain paddy rice B held by the Italian intervention agency.
(4) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,