Commission Regulation (EU) No 162/2011 of 21 February 2011 determining the intervention centres for rice
Modified by
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 94/2013of 1 February 2013amending Regulation (EU) No 162/2011 as regards the intervention centres for rice in Spain, 32013R0094, February 2, 2013
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 340/2014of 1 April 2014amending Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 as regards certain rules on public intervention in respect of certain agricultural products, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 32014R0340, April 2, 2014
Commission Regulation (EU) No 162/2011of 21 February 2011determining the intervention centres for riceTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1., and in particular Article 41 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex B to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1173/2009OJ L 314, 1.12.2009, p. 48. lists the intervention centres for rice referred to in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009OJ L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 22.. Annex A to that Regulation, which lists the intervention centres for durum wheat, was repealed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1125/2010 of 3 December 2010 determining the intervention centres for cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1173/2009OJ L 318, 4.12.2010, p. 10..(2)Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public interventionOJ L 349, 29.12.2009, p. 1. sets out the conditions to be complied with, from the 2010/2011 marketing year onwards, for the designation and approval of intervention centres for rice and their storage premises.(3)With effect from 1 September 2010, Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 repeals Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 with regard to rice.(4)With effect from 1 September 2010, the intervention centres for rice designated pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 must comply with the conditions laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009. Regulation (EC) No 1173/2009 should therefore be repealed.(5)In accordance with Article 55(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009, the Member States have sent the Commission a list of intervention centres for rice for actual designation and a list of the storage premises attached to those centres which they have approved as fulfilling the minimum standards required by EU legislation. In cases where rice production levels are low, or where estimates do not indicate any rice sectors generating surpluses and intervention has not been used for a significant period, some Member States have not reported any intervention centres for rice.(6)In order to ensure that the public intervention scheme works efficiently, the Commission should designate intervention centres on the basis of their geographical location and publish a list of the storage premises attached thereto, together with all the information required by the operators involved in public intervention.(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: