3.7.87 Official Journal of the European Communities NoL 182/51 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1907/87 of 2 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty -establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (%), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas in -order to give to the market in rice itself a more active and direct role in the quantitative pattern of supply with regard to demand, the role of intervention should be restricted to that of a simple safety net; whereas from that viewpoint the intervention price should function as a trigger threshold for buying in for intervention as soon- as the prices recorded on -rep- resentative markets fall during a certain period below that level; whereas the buying-in price paid for paddy rice delivered for intervention should be situated at a level below that of the fixed intervention price; Whereas, as regard the rice supply situation in the Community, there is, on the one hand, a shortage of certain types of rice for which demand exists on the part of some consumers and, on the other hand, a surplus of other types of rice; Whereas the varieties for which demand exists are of the indica type or profile which normally have lower crop yields than those of the varieties that are traditionally grown; whereas appropriate measures should therefore be taken to encourage varietal conversion by granting crop aids; Whereas, on account of the characteristics of the rice produced in the Community, much of this rice is unable to find an outlet on the Community market; whereas there is therefore a risk of large quantities of this product being bought into intervention at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas, to encourage growers to sow varieties which are more in line with market requirements, the amounts taken over by intervention agencies should be restricted for a limited and specified period of the marketing year; (*) OJ No C 89, 3. 4. 1987, p. 9. (*) OJ No C 156, 15. 6. 1987. () OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 8. rice Whereas under Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No- 1418/76 (*), as-last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1449/86 (), it is possible to disallow in whole or in part- the use of inward -processing arrangements for products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation that are to be . turned into products as specified at point (c) of Article 1 (1) thereof; : Whereas given the actual situation for rice this provision is inadequate; whereas the effectiveness of the common organization of. the market may in particular be jeopardized by the manufacture of products as specified at point (a) of Article 1°(1) “of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76; whereas the scope of the abovementioned - Article 18 should therefore be widened, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76-is hereby amended as follows: ‘ - 1. Article 5 is replaced by the following: Article 5 1. Where, during a certain period, the market price for paddy rice is, in representative zones, lower than the intervention price, a decision shall be made that, under the procedure laid down in Article “27, the intervention agencies shall buy in the quantities of paddy rice offered them, provided that the offers comply with conditions, in particular in respect of quantity and quality, to be determined in accordance with paragraph 6. Buying-in may only take place during the period from 1 December to 31 July. ‘ 2. The buying-in referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out on the basis of a price equal to 94 % of the intervention price applicable for the marketing centre at which the paddy rice is offered under the conditions adopted pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6. If the quality of the paddy rice differs from the standard quantity for which the intervention price was fixed, the latter shall be adjusted by the application of price increases or reductions. (*) O] No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 1.