COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 695/98 of 27 March 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2047/84 determining the rice intervention centres other than Vercelli

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (2), and in particular Article 8(a) thereof,

Whereas the intervention centres are determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2047/84 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1028/97 (4); whereas, following consultations with the Member States concerned in accordance with Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the list of such centres should be amended;

Whereas these measures should take effect at the start of the period of application of the intervention arrangements;

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

Points 1, 2 and 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2047/84 are replaced by the following:

'1. FRANCE

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2. ITALY

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3. GREECE

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Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 April 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.

(2) OJ L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.

(3) OJ L 190, 18. 7. 1984, p. 5.

(4) OJ L 150, 7. 6. 1997, p. 29.