31983R0534

9 . 3 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 63/ 5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 534/83 of 8 March 1983 amending for the sixth 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 available from the 1982/83 marketing year, the COMMUNITIES, disposal of additional quantities of long grain rice should be facilitated ; whereas, therefore, the quantities Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 the Act of Accession of Greece (2), 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 and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof, The second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1959/82 is hereby replaced by the Whereas under Commission Regulation (EEC) No following : 1959/ 82 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 'The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 320/83 (5), an invitation to tender was issued for the 1 1 1 250 tonnes of wholly milled long grain rice.' refund on export of wholly milled long grain rice to certain third countries ; whereas exports of long grain rice carried out up to the present time in the context Article 2 of the said Regulation have not wholly disposed of the substantial stocks of rice remaining from the prece­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the ding marketing year ; whereas, in view of the yield of the new harvest and the estimated amounts of rice European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(•) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 1 ] (3) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 36 . (4) OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 36 . (5) OJ No L 37, 9 . 2. 1983 , p. 8 .