51994PC0010(05)

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2729/75 on the import levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice (94/C 83/05)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Whereas Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2729/75 (1) provides for the application of import levies applicable to rice mixtures;

Whereas, following the amendment of the definition of broken rice provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No . . . (3), imports of rice will comprise a higher percentage of broken rice; whereas the percentage of broken rice which must be present in a mixture in order to create entitlement to the levy applicable to broken rice should be increased,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2729/75 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 2 (1), 'Regulation No 359/67/EEC` is replaced by 'Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76` and 'Regulation (EEG) No 2727/75` is replaced by 'Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92`.

2. In Article 2, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following paragraphs:

'2. The import levy applicable to mixtures composed either of rice classifiable under several different processing groups or stages or of rice classifiable under one or more different groups or stages and of broken rice shall be that applicable to the component predominating by weight, when that component represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture in the case of rice classifiable under one or more different processing groups or stages, and at least 95 % of the weight of the mixture in the case of broken rice.

3. Pursuant to paragraph 2, if no component represents at least 90 % or 95 % of the weight of the mixture, as the case may be, the levy applicable shall be that applicable to the component liable to the higher or highest import levy`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the 1994/95 marketing year.

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

Done at . . .

For the Council

. . .

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 18.

(2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.

(3) See page 8 of this Official Journal.