31982R3421

21 . 12 . 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 360/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3421 /82 of 20 December 1982 amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1959/82 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to certain third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN put out for tender should be increased and the period COMMUNITIES, of application of the said Regulation should be extended ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Cereals, 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for Regulation (EEC) No 1959/82 is hereby amended as follows : granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 4 — in Article 1 ( 1 ), the second subparagraph shall be thereof, replaced by the following : 'The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of Whereas under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1959/82 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 80 000 tonnes of wholly milled long grain rice.' ; 2853/82 (5), an invitation to tender was issued for the — in Article 1 (2), '27 January 1983', shall be replaced refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to by '28 April 1983' ; certain third countries ; whereas exports of long grain rice carried out up to the present time in the context — in the second sentence of Article 8, '27 January of the said Regulation have not wholly disposed of the 1983' shall be replaced by '28 April 1983'. substantial stocks of rice remaining from the prece­ ding marketing year ; whereas, in view of the yield of Article 2 the new harvest and the estimated amounts of rice available from the 1982/83 marketing year, the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day disposal of additional quantities of long grain rice following its publication in the Official Journal of the should be facilitated ; whereas, therefore, the quantities European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1 976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 36 . (4) OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 36. n OJ No L 299, 27. 10. 1982, p. 28 .