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

( 2 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 164 , 27 . 7 . 1970 , P . 35 .

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

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1580/79

OF 24 JULY 1979

AMENDING THE PERCENTAGES AND QUANTITIES OF TOBACCO TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES AS FIXED IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1469/70

THE COUNCIL 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 1579/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 13 ( 2 ) AND ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1469/70 ( 3 ) FIXED THE PERCENTAGES AND QUANTITIES OF TOBACCO TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES WHICH ACTIVATE THE MECHANISM FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE MARKET IN TOBACCO ;

WHEREAS THESE PERCENTAGES AND QUANTITIES WERE FIXED ON THE BASIS OF THE 1967 , 1968 AND 1969 CROPS ; WHEREAS PRODUCTION OF COMMUNITY VARIETIES HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN ; WHEREAS THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN VARIETIES HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY WHILE THE CULTIVATION OF CERTAIN OTHER VARIETIES HAS BEEN REDUCED OR EVEN ABANDONED ;

WHEREAS , ON THE BASIS OF THE DATA FOR THE LAST THREE REPRESENTATIVE CROPS , IT APPEARS THAT THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF 20 % OF THE PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY OR A GROUP OF VARIETIES WHICH HAD BEEN ADOPTED HITHERTO WAS ALWAYS SIGNIFICANT ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SIZE OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION , THE ABSOLUTE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 SHOULD BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SLIGHTLY LOWER PERCENTAGE SO THAT THE MEASURES TO ENABLE THE MARKET TO BE MANAGED EFFECTIVELY ARE TRIGGERED BEFORE EXCESSIVELY LARGE INTERVENTION STOCKS ARE FORMED ;

WHEREAS IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 339/77 ( 4 ) THE COUNCIL LAID DOWN SPECIAL MARKET MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN RESPECT OF THE BENEVENTANO VARIETY ; WHEREAS THESE MEASURES INCLUDE AN OPERATION TO CHANGE OVER TO OTHER VARIETIES FOR THE 1977 , 1978 AND 1979 CROPS ; WHEREAS THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT ON PRODUCTION AND AREAS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN FIXING THE ABOVEMENTIONED PERCENTAGES AND QUANTITIES IN RESPECT OF THE SAID VARIETY ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO APPLY ONLY FROM THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR WHICH THE MEASURES IN QUESTION ARE UNDERTAKEN ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1469/70 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE TEXT OF ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1469/70 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 2

THE PERCENTAGE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 SHALL BE FIXED AT 120 % . '

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 24 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . GIBBONS

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ANNEX

PERCENTAGES AND QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70

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SERIAL NO // VARIETY // PERCENTAGE // QUANTITY ( IN TONNES ) //

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1 // A ) BADISCHER GEUDERTHEIMER //

// B ) FORCHHEIMER HAVANNA II C ) // 20 % // 1 000 //

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2 // BADISCHER BURLEY E // 20 % // 700 //

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3 // VIRGIN D // 20 % // 100 //

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4 // A ) PARAGUAY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// B ) DRAGRON VERT AND HYBRIDS THEREOF , PHILIPPIN , PETIT GRAMMONT ( FLOBECQ ), SEMOIS , APPELTERRE , //

5 // NIJKERK //

6 // A ) MISIONERO AND HYBRIDS THEREOF // 20 % // 8 500 //

// B ) RIO GRANDE AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

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7 // BRIGHT // 20 % // 2 300 //

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8 // BURLEY I // 20 % // 6 600 //

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9 // MARYLAND // 20 % // 400 //

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10 // A ) KENTUCKY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// B ) MORO DI CORI // 20 % // 1 400 //

// C ) SALENTO //

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11 // A ) NOSTRANO DEL BRENTA //

// B ) RESISTENTE 142 // 20 % // 200 //

// C ) GOJANO //

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12 // A ) BENEVENTANO //

// B ) BRASILE SELVAGGIO AND SIMILAR VARIETIES // 20 % // 400 ( 1 ) //

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13 // XANTI-YAKA // 20 % // 1 200 //

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14 // PERUSTITZA // 20 % // 1 200 //

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15 // ERZEGOVINA AND SIMILAR VARIETIES // 20 % // 1 600 //

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16 // A ) ROUND TIP //

// B ) SCAFATI // 20 % // 100 //

// C ) SUMATRA I //

( 1 ) AS FROM THE 1980 HARVEST .