27.7.95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 175/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1818/95 of 26 July 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1573/95 on the detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with regard to import duties on rice THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ("), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1530/95 (3, and in particular Article 12 (2) and (4) thereof, Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1573/95 () lays down that the import duties for certain rice products must be fixed by the Commission every two weeks on a Wednesday for application from the following day; Whereas, since the system provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1573/95 applies from 1 July 1995, it is necessary to provide that the first fixing of import duties should cover the period between 1 July and the first Thursday of that month ; whereas Regulation (EC) No 1573/95 should therefore be amended to that effect; 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 The first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1573/95 is hereby replaced by the following : ‘1. The import duties for the products referred to in Article 3 shall be calculated every week but shall be fixed by the Commission every two weeks on a Wednesday and for the period up to the first Thursday of July 1995 from 1 July of that year, in accordance with the method provided for in Article S and shall apply from the day following their fixing’ 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 July 1995. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 July 1995. () OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 5. () OJ No L 150, 1. 7. 1995, p. 53. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission