31983R1073

No L 117/6 4 . 5 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1073/83 of 3 May 1983 amending for the eighth 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 disposal of long grain rice should be facilitated ; COMMUNITIES, whereas, therefore, the quantities put out for tender should be increased ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Committee for Cereals, 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization 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 granting export refunds on rice, and criteria for fixing Article 1 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 amended as follows : Whereas under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1959/82 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 'The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 842/83 (*), an invitation to tender was issued for the 146 250 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 exportable stocks of rice ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas, in view of the estimated amounts of rice following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. available from the 1982/83 marketing year, the

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

Done at Brussels, 3 May 1983 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, 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. 4 OJ No L 92, 12. 4. 1983, p. 11 .