31983R0434

25. 2. 83 No L 52/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 434/83 of 23 February 1983

amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2416/82 on an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN amounts of rice available from the 1982/83 marketing COMMUNITIES, year, the disposal of additional quantities of round grain rice should be facilitated ; whereas, therefore, the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European quantities put out for tender should be increased ; Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the opinion of the Management 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization Committee for Cereals, of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for Article 1 granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular The second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation Article 4 thereof, (EEC) No 2416/82 is hereby replaced by the Whereas, under Commission Regulation (EEC) No following : 2416/82 of 3 September 1982 (4), as amended by Regu­ The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of lation (EEC) No 1 56/83 (5), an invitation to tender was 21 500 tonnes of wholly milled round grain rice.' issued for the refund on export of wholly milled round grain rice to certain countries ; whereas exports of Article 2 round grain rice carried out up to the present time in the context of the said Regulation have not wholly This Regulation shall enter into force on the day disposed of the substantial stocks of rice remaining following its publication in the Official Journal of the from the preceding marketing year ; whereas, in view European Communities. of the yield of the new harvest and the estimated

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1983 .

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (z) OJ No L 184, 17. 7 . 1980, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 36 . (4) OJ No L 258 , 4. 9 . 1982, p. 6. (J) OJ No L 22, 25 . 1 . 1983 , p. 6 .