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