31993R3462

No L 316/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 12 . 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3462/93 of 16 December 1993 suspending advance fixing of the import levy for rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, levies for the product concerned be temporarily suspended ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 in accordance with the opinion of the Management of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the Committee for Cereals, market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 544/93 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 (7) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 13 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provides that the provisions concerning advance fixing of the levy may be suspended if the market situation shows Article 1 that the application of such provisions will or is likely to cause difficulties ; Advance fixing of the import levy for the products Whereas there is danger, given the irregular pattern of referred to in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) fixings at the end of the year and the uncertain trend of No 1418/76 is hereby suspended from 17 December 1993 prices during that period, that if existing arrangements are to 6 January 1994. adhered to, levies could be fixed in advance in the short term for quantities considerably in excess of the quanti­ ties which might be excepted under more normal condi­ Article 2 tions ; Whereas the abovementioned situation requires that This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December application of the provisions concerning advance fixing of 1993 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No . L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.