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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2131/86
of 7 July 1986
amending Regulations (EEC) No 1727/70, (EEC) No 1728/70, (EEC) No 2603/71, (EEC) No 2468/72, (EEC) No 638/74 and (EEC) No 410/76 as regards their application to Community-produced varieties of tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
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 Regulation (EEC) No 1576/86 (2), 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 3247/81 of 9 November 1981 on the financing of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of certain intervention measures, particularly those involving the buying in, storage anf sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2632/85 (4), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1577/86 of 23 May 1986 fixing for the 1986 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 (5), introduced the list of tobacco varieties grown in Spain and Portugal and the definition of their reference qualities; whereas, accordingly, changes should be made to the Regulations referring to the different varieties and reference qualities of tobacco, namely:
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco (6) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2165/83 (7);
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 of 25 August 1970 fixing the scales of price increases and reductions for raw tobacco (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2165/83;
- 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 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3213/83 (10);
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2468/72 of 24 November 1972 determining collection, processing and storage centres for intervention on the market in raw tobacco (11), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3330/84 (12);
- 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 (13), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2728/81 (14);
- 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 (15), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2442/85 (16);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Raw 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.
4. Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation.
2. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation.
Article 3
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/71 is amended in accordance with Annex VII to this Regulation.
Article 4
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2468/72 is amended in accordance with Annex VIII to this Regulation.
Article 5
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 638/74 is replaced by Annex IX to this Regulation.
Article 6
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 is amended in accordance with Annex X to this Regulation.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the first time in respect of tobacco from the 1986 harvest.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 July 1986.