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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1998/83

of 19 July 1983

amending Regulation No 467/67/EEC fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1566/83 (2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 (1) and (2) of Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1871/82 (4), fixed the processing costs to be taken into consideration for certain processing stages; whereas, as a result of changes in prices, processing costs for these stages have also changed and these changes should be taken into account;

Whereas Article 3 (2) and (3) of the above Regulation fixes the value of the by-products obtained from processing husked rice into milled rice and semi-milled rice into milled rice; whereas these values should be brought up to date in view of the changes in prices on the market;

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

Regulation No 467/67/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 2 (1) and (2), '40,57 ECU' is replaced by '43,73 ECU'.

2. In Article 3 (2):

- under (a), '40,18 ECU' is replaced by '41,00 ECU',

- under (b), '50,61 ECU' is replaced by '52,00 ECU'.

3. In Article 3 (3):

- under (a), '12,37 ECU' is replaced by '12,62 ECU'.

- under (b), '13,68 ECU' is replaced by '14,05 ECU'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 5.

(3) OJ No 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 206, 14. 7. 1982, p. 15.