Council Regulation (EC) No 1530/95 of 29 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1530/95 of 29  June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and  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 the implementation of the Uruguay Round agreements entails the abolition of threshold  prices in the market organization; whereas, as a result, the target price used to calculate the  threshold price has lost its significance; whereas all references to that target price should  accordingly be deleted;
Whereas abolition of the target price requires the provision concerning the calculation of the  compensatory allowance for husked rice to be adjusted; whereas, in order to maintain the level of  that amount, calculation should be based on the buying-in price multiplied by 1,8;
Whereas, since there is no clear definition of unripe grains, problems have arisen in classifying  broken rice for the purposes of applying import levies; whereas, to ensure the uniform application  of the combined nomenclature and to avoid the risk of fraud, the point in Annex A to Regulation  (EEC) No 1418/76 (4) concerning the measurement of grains should be worded more clearly so that  grains which are not fully ripe are considered as whole grains,