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( 1 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 85 , 10 . 4 . 1978 , P . 31 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 101 , 26 . 4 . 1978 , P . 10 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 48 , 19 . 2 . 1977 , P . 4 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 72 , 20 . 3 . 1975 , P . 25 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 72 , 20 . 3 . 1975 , P . 32 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 125 , 13 . 5 . 1978 , P . 32 .

( 1 ) OJ NO 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , P . 2553/62 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1348/78

OF 19 JUNE 1978

FIXING THE NORM AND INTERVENTION PRICES AND THE PREMIUMS GRANTED TO PURCHASERS OF LEAF TOBACCO , AND THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES FOR BALED TOBACCO FOR THE 1978 HARVEST

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 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 , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2 ( 5 ), 4 ( 4 ) AND 6 ( 8 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

WHEREAS , WHEN FIXING THE PRICES FOR RAW TOBACCO , ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN BOTH OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND OF THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH THE COMMUNITY INTENDS TO MAKE TO THE HARMONIOUS GROWTH OF WORLD TRADE ; WHEREAS THE AIMS OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ARE , IN PARTICULAR , TO PROVIDE THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION WITH A REASONABLE STANDARD OF LIVING , GUARANTEE SECURITY OF SUPPLIES AND ENSURE FAIR PRICES FOR CONSUMERS ;

WHEREAS THE NORM AND INTERVENTION PRICES FOR LEAF TOBACCO MUST BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 IN ORDER IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE PRODUCERS TO CONVERT TO THE CULTIVATION OF THOSE VARIETIES WHICH ARE MOST COMPETITIVE AND MOST IN DEMAND ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 339/77 OF 14 FEBRUARY 1977 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES IN THE TOBACCO SECTOR IN RESPECT OF THE BENEVENTANO VARIETY OF TOBACCO ( 4 ), HAS PROVIDED FOR A REDUCTION OF THE INTERVENTION PRICE OF THESE TOBACCOS ;

WHEREAS IT IS DESIRABLE TO FIX , IN RESPECT OF THE 1978 HARVEST , DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES BOTH FOR THE VARIETIES WHICH , BEFORE THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET CAME INTO FORCE , WERE SUBJECT TO A PRICE GUARANTEE AT THE BALED TOBACCO STAGE , AND FOR THE VARIETIES WHICH ARE PRINCIPALLY GROWN IN GERMANY , IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF MARKETING PRACTICES IN THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , BOTH INCREASED COSTS AND INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ;

WHEREAS THE PREMIUM GRANTED TO PURCHASERS OF COMMUNITY TOBACCO IS INTENDED TO ENABLE THEM TO PAY PRODUCERS OF LEAF TOBACCO A PRICE WHICH IS AT THE LEVEL OF THE NORM PRICE ; WHEREAS THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM SHOULD REFLECT THE ALTERATIONS TO THE NORM PRICE AND THE COSTS OF FIRST PROCESSING ADOPTED FOR THE 1978 HARVEST , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE TREND IN WORLD MARKET PRICES AND THE LEVEL OF PRICES ESTABLISHED BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ;

WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED PRICES AND THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM MUST BE FIXED IN RELATION TO A REFERENCE QUALITY DEFINED IN SUCH A WAY THAT AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE AN ASSESSMENT CAN BE MADE OF THE QUALITY OF THE TOBACCO ; WHEREAS IT IS POSSIBLE TO ADOPT , FOR THE 1978 HARVEST , THE REFERENCE QUALITIES DEFINED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 673/75 OF 4 MARCH 1975 FIXING , FOR THE 1975 HARVEST , THE NORM PRICES , THE INTERVENTION PRICES AND THE REFERENCE QUALITIES FOR LEAF TOBACCO ( 5 ), AND BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 674/75 OF 4 MARCH 1975 FIXING THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES AND THE REFERENCE QUALITIES FOR BALED TOBACCO FROM THE 1975 HARVEST ( 6 );

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 976/78 OF 12 MAY 1978 ON THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE ( 7 ) PROVIDES THAT FOR THE TOBACCO SECTOR FROM 22 MAY 1978 A NEW REPRESENTATIVE RATE SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE CURRENCIES OF CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THIS PROVISION SHOULD LEAD , FROM THAT DATE , TO A REDUCTION , IN NATIONAL CURRENCY TERMS , OF THE PREMIUMS FIXED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE HARVEST IN THOSE MEMBER STATES WHOSE REPRESENTATIVE RATE IS REVALUED ; WHEREAS IT SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE NATURE OF THIS SECTOR THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS SHOULD APPLY TO THE ENTIRE HARVEST IN A GIVEN YEAR ; WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE CAN BE ACHIEVED IF THE FORMER RATE OF EXCHANGE FOR THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED WERE TO REMAIN APPLICABLE TO PREMIUMS PAID FOR THE 1977 HARVEST ;

WHEREAS THE MONETARY COMMITTEE SHALL BE CONSULTED ON THE EXCHANGE RATES ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY , THE MEASURES ENVISAGED SHOULD BE ADOPTED UNDER THE CONDITIONS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION NO 129 ON THE VALUE OF THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT AND THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2543/73 ( 2 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1978 HARVEST , THE NORM AND INTERVENTION PRICES AND THE PREMIUMS GRANTED TO PURCHASERS OF LEAF TOBACCO REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 2 AND 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 , AND THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES FOR BALED TOBACCO REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 OF THAT REGULATION , SHALL BE AS SHOWN IN THE ANNEX HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

1 . FOR THE 1978 HARVEST , THE REFERENCE QUALITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 3 ) ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 FOR EACH OF THE TOBACCO VARIETIES PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY SHALL BE THOSE LAID DOWN IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 673/75 .

2 . FOR THE 1978 HARVEST , THE REFERENCE QUALITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 , FOR EACH OF THE BALED TOBACCO VARIETIES PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR WHICH A DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICE IS FIXED , SHALL BE THOSE LAID DOWN IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 674/75 .

ARTICLE 3

THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED IN GERMANY AND THE BENELUX COUNTRIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PREMIUMS FOR THE 1977 HARVEST SHALL , UNTIL 31 MARCH 1979 , BE THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES APPLICABLE TO THE CURRENCIES IN QUESTION PRIOR TO 22 MAY 1978 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 19 JUNE 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . DALSAGER

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ANNEX

( U.A/KG ) // //

SERIAL NO // VARIETIES // NORM PRICE // INTERVENTION PRICE // AMOUNT OF PREMIUM // DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICE //

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1 // A ) BADISCHER GEUDERTHEIMER //

// B ) FORCHHEIMER HAVANA II C ) // 2.362 // 2.126 // 1.617 // 3.224 //

//

2 // BADISCHER BURLEY E // 2.823 // 2.541 // 1.658 // 3.626 //

//

3 // VIRGIN D ( VIRGIN SCR ) // 2.741 // 2.467 // 1.631 // 3.300 //

//

4 // A ) PARAGUAY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// B ) DRAGON VERT AND HYBRIDS THEREOF // 2.101 // 1.891 // 1.315 // - //

//

5 // NIJKERK // 2.047 // 1.842 // 1.270 // - //

//

6 // BURLEY ( BURLEY BY BEL ) // 2.251 // 2.026 // 1.098 // - //

//

7 // A ) MISIONERO AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// B ) RIO GRANDE AND HYBRIDS THEREOF // 1.899 // 1.709 // 1.310 // - //

//

8 // A ) PHILIPPIN //

// B ) PETIT GRAMMONT ( FLOBECQ ) // 1.662 // 1.496 // 0.961 // - //

// C ) BURLEY ( ERGO BY 6410 AND ERGO BY BURSANA ) //

//

9 // A ) SEMOIS //

// B ) APPELTERRE // 1.992 // 1.793 // 1.141 // - //

//

10 // BRIGHT // 2.302 // 2.072 // 1.327 // 2.926 //

//

11 A ) // BURLEY I // 1.684 // 1.516 // 0.828 // 2.275 //

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11 B ) // MARYLAND // 1.974 // 1.777 // 1.039 // 2.575 //

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12 // A ) KENTUCKY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// B ) MORO DI CORI // 1.754 // 1.579 // 0.813 // 2.248 //

// C ) SALENTO //

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13 // A ) NOSTRANO DEL BRENTA //

// B ) RESISTENTE 142 // 1.676 // 1.508 // 1.232 // 2.261 //

// C ) GOJANO //

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14 // BENEVENTANO // 1.295 // 1.036 // 0.904 // 1.582 //

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15 // XANTI-YAKA // 2.434 // 2.191 // 1.494 // 3.477 //

//

16 // PERUSTIZA // 2.305 // 2.075 // 1.419 // 3.053 //

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17 // ERZEGOVINA AND HYBRIDS THEREOF // 2.070 // 1.863 // 1.254 // 2.751 //

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18 // A ) ROUND TIP //

// B ) SCAFATI // 10.856 // 9.770 // 5.500 // 14.793 //

// C ) SUMATRA I //

//

19 // A ) BRASILE SELVAGGIO //

// B ) OTHER VARIETIES // 1.147 // 1.032 // 0.400 // - //