COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 841/92
of 2 April 1992
amending Regulations (EEC) No 1727/70, (EEC) No 1728/70, (EEC) No 2603/71, (EEC) No 410/76 and (EEC) No 2501/87 as regards certain varieties of tobacco and (EEC) No 2468/72 as regards the collection and processing and storage centres
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 1737/91 (2), and in particular Article 2 (6), the first subparagraph of Article 3 (3) and Articles 5 (6), 6 (10) and 7 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1467/70 of 20 July 1970 fixing certain general rules governing intervention on the market in raw tobacco (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1738/91 (4) provides inter alia for the hybrids 'Pereg` and 'Korso` to be added to the name of variety No 1 (Badischer Geudertheimer), for 'and hybrids thereof` to be added to variety No 2 (Badischer Burley E) and for 'and hybrids thereof` to be added to variety No 3 (Virgin D) in order to take account of German unification; whereas the Annexes to the Regulations with provisions relating to the designations and characteristics of the various varieties of tobacco should be amended;
- Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 838/91 (6),
- Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 of 25 August 1970 fixing the scales of price increases and reductions for raw tobacco (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 838/91,
- 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 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 838/91,
- 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 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 838/91,
- Regulation (EEC) No 2501/87 of 24 June 1987 fixing the characteristics of each variety of tobacco grown in the Community (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 838/91;
Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2468/72 (11), as last ameded by Regulation (EEC) No 3349/87 (12), lists the collection centres and the processing and storage centres; whereas, in the light of German unification, the Annex in question should be adopted to take account of the new situation; whereas that Regulation should be amended 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
In Annexes I, II, IV and V to Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70, Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70, the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/71 and the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 410/76, the terms used to designate the varieties specified under serial Nos 1, 2 and 3 are hereby replaced by the following:
'1. Badischer Geudertheimer, Pereg and Korso
2. Badischer Burley E and hybrids thereof
3. Virginia D and hybrids thereof`.
Article 2
The descriptions of the varieties specified under serials Nos 1, 2 and 3 set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2501/87 are hereby replaced by the descriptions set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 3
In the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2468/72, the following is hereby added to the lists of collection centres and processing and storage centres: '4371 Glauzig`.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publications in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall apply from the 1991 harvest.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 April 1992.