Commission regulation (EEC) No 2728/81
of 10 September 1981
amending, as regards their application by variety of Community-produced tobacco, Regulations (EEC) No 1727/70, (EEC) No 1728/70, (EEC) No 2603/71, (EEC) No 638/74 and (EEC) No 410/76
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 73 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco [1], as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 (3), Article 5 (6), Article 6 (10) and Article 7 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1697/71 of 26 July 1971 on the financing of intervention expenditure in respect of raw tobacco [2], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 330/74 [3], and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1534/81 of 19 May 1981 fixing for the 1981 harvest the norm and intervention prices and the premiums granted to purchasers of leaf tobacco, the derived intervention prices for baled tobacco and the reference qualities [4] introduced the list of tobacco varieties grown in Greece together with the definition of their reference qualities; whereas corresponding amendments should therefore be made to the Regulations containing provisions referring to the various varieties and reference qualities of tobacco, namely the following Regulations:
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on intervention procedures for raw tobacco [5], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 290/81 [6],
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2603/71 of 6 December 1971 on detailed rules for the conclusion of contracts for first processing and market preparation of tobacco held by intervention agencies [7], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 290/81,
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 638/74 of 20 March 1974 fixing the maximum tolerance for quantity losses resulting from the storage of raw tobacco by intervention agencies [8], as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1979/79 [9],
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 of 23 February 1976 fixing the maximum permissible weight losses in connection with the supervision of the first processing and market preparation of tobacco [10], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 290/81;
Whereas a scale of price increases and reductions for varieties grown in Greece was introduced by Annex I to the Act of Accession of Greece into Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 [11], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 290/81; whereas, however, on the basis of a more detailed appraisal of the range of qualities of Greek tobacco and the introduction of the classification of varieties of this tobacco by Regulation (EEC) No 1534/81 this scale should be amended;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 327/71 [12] makes provision, in respect of leaf tobacco purchased by intervention agencies, for the conclusion of first processing and market preparation contracts by a tendering procedure, under which contracts must be awarded to the highest tender, provided it does not exceed an amount to be fixed for each variety;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2603/71 fixed these amounts; whereas, since the last updating of these amounts, the components used for the calculation have changed considerably for certain varieties; whereas, therefore, the amounts should be updated again accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;
2. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation;
3. Annex IV is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation;
2. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation.
Article 3
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/71 is hereby replaced by Annex VI to this Regulation.
Article 4
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 638/74 is hereby replaced by Annex VII to this Regulation.
Article 5
Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 is hereby amended in accordance with Annex VIII to this Regulation.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the first time to tobacco harvested in 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 September 1981.