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ARTICLE 59

1 . IF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE RESULTS IN A PRICE LEVEL DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE COMMON PRICES , THE PRICES IN RESPECT OF WHICH , IN CHAPTER 2 , REFERENCE IS MADE TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL , SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH 4 , BE ALIGNED WITH THE LEVEL OF THE COMMON PRICES EACH YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 .

2 . AS REGARDS :

- TOMATOES AND PEACHES FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ,

AND

- PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM TOMATOES OR PEACHES , FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES , ALIGNMENT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT IN SEVEN STAGES AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) WHEN THE PRICE OF A PRODUCT IN GREECE IS LOWER THAN THE COMMON PRICE , THE PRICE IN THAT MEMBER STATE SHALL , AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST SIX MOVES TOWARDS ALIGNMENT , BE INCREASED SUCCESSIVELY , BY A SEVENTH , A SIXTH , A FIFTH , A QUARTER , A THIRD AND A HALF OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICE LEVEL IN THAT MEMBER STATE AND THE COMMON PRICE LEVEL WHICH ARE APPLICABLE BEFORE EACH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT ; THE PRICE RESULTING FROM THIS CALCULATION SHALL BE INCREASED PROPORTIONATELY TO ANY RISE IN THE COMMON PRICE FOR THE NEXT MARKETING YEAR ; THE COMMON PRICE SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF THE SEVENTH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT ;

( B ) WHEN THE PRICE OF A PRODUCT IN GREECE IS HIGHER THAN THE COMMON PRICE , THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICE LEVEL APPLICABLE BEFORE EACH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT IN THE MEMBER STATE AND THE COMMON PRICE LEVEL APPLICABLE FOR THE NEXT MARKETING YEAR SHALL BE REDUCED SUCCESSIVELY , AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST SIX MOVES TOWARDS ALIGNMENT BY A SEVENTH , A SIXTH , A FIFTH , A QUARTER , A THIRD AND A HALF ; THE COMMON PRICE SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF THE SEVENTH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT .

3 . AS REGARDS OTHER PRODUCTS , THE MOVES TOWARDS ALIGNMENT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT IN FIVE STAGES AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) WHEN THE PRICE OF A PRODUCT IN GREECE IS LOWER THAN THE COMMON PRICE , THE PRICE APPLICABLE IN THAT MEMBER STATE SHALL , AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST FOUR MOVES TOWARDS ALIGNMENT , BE INCREASED SUCCESSIVELY BY A FIFTH , A QUARTER , A THIRD AND A HALF OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICE LEVEL IN THAT MEMBER STATE AND THE COMMON PRICE LEVEL WHICH ARE APPLICABLE BEFORE EACH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT ; THE PRICE RESULTING FROM THIS CALCULATION SHALL BE INCREASED PROPORTIONATELY TO ANY RISE IN THE COMMON PRICE FOR THE NEXT MARKETING YEAR ; THE COMMON PRICE SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF THE FIFTH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT ;

( B ) WHEN THE PRICE OF A PRODUCT IN GREECE IS HIGHER THAN THE COMMON PRICE , THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICE LEVEL APPLICABLE BEFORE EACH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT IN THE MEMBER STATE AND THE COMMON PRICE LEVEL APPLICABLE FOR THE NEXT MARKETING YEAR SHALL BE REDUCED SUCCESSIVELY AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST FOUR MOVES TOWARDS ALIGNMENT BY A FIFTH , A QUARTER , A THIRD AND A HALF ; THE COMMON PRICE SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF THE FIFTH MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT .

4 . IN THE INTEREST OF THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION , THE COUNCIL , ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 43 ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY , MAY DECIDE THAT , NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 , THE PRICE OF ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS IN GREECE SHALL FOR ONE MARKETING YEAR DEPART FROM THE PRICES RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPHS 2 OR 3 .

THIS DEPARTURE MAY NOT EXCEED 10 % OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PRICE MOVE TO BE MADE .

IN THAT EVENT , THE PRICE LEVEL FOR THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR SHALL BE THAT WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED FROM APPLYING PARAGRAPH 2 OR 3 IF THE DEPARTURE HAD NOT BEEN DECIDED UPON . A FURTHER DEPARTURE FROM THIS PRICE LEVEL MAY , HOWEVER , BE DECIDED UPON FOR THAT MARKETING YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND SUBPARAGRAPHS .

THE DEROGATION LAID DOWN IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE LAST MOVE TOWARDS ALIGNMENT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OR 3 .