25. 6. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 154/7 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1545/93 of 14 June 1993 fixing prices for rice for the 1993/94 marketing year 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 (1), Having regard to the opinion of the -European Parliament (2), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas the markets and prices policy continues to be the main instrument of the incomes policy in the rice sector; ' Whereas the intervention price for paddy rice must be fixed at a rate which takes account, on the one hand, of the policy in respect of rice production with a view to the uses to which it is put and, on the other, of the budgetary and market constraints; Whereas the target price for husked rice must be derived from the intervention price for paddy rice in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 4 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (*); Whereas, for the products referred to in this Regulation, the application of the aforementioned criteria entails fixing those prices at the levels indicated below, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1993/94 marketing year, prices for rice shall be as follows: ECU 313,65/tonne; ECU 537,54/tonne. {a) intervention price, paddy rice: (b) target price, husked rice: Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It ’s‘hall apply from 1 September 1993. - This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 14 June 1993. (1) OJ No C 80, 20. 3. 1993, p. 8. (¥) OJ No C 150, 31. 5. 1993. {3y OJ No C 129, 10. 5. 1993, p. 25. For the Council . The President B. WESTH (“y O] No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. Régulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1544/93 (see page 5-of this Official Journal).