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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2167/82

of 4 August 1982

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1618/82 laying down detailed rules limiting the granting of production aid for Williams pears preserved in syrup and for cherries preserved in syrup

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1118/81 (2), and in particular Article 3c thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2025/82 (3) fixed the quantities of Williams pears preserved in syrup which are eligible for aid at 82 000 tonnes, and the quantities of hard cherries and other sweet cherries and Morello cherries preserved in syrup which are eligible for aid at 29 100 tonnes and 60 000 tonnes respectively; whereas it is appropriate to amend accordingly the provisions laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1618/82 (4) governing the distribution of the aforementioned overall quantities among the various processing undertakings;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1618/82 is hereby replaced by the following:

'Article 1

For the 1982/83 marketing year, production aid granted:

- for Williams pears preserved in syrup falling within subheading ex 20.06 B of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be limited, for each processing undertaking, to 74;16 % of the total quantity produced during the 1980/81 marketing year for processing undertakings existing in 1980 and to 74;16 % of the total quantity produced during the 1981/82 marketing year for processing undertakings set up in 1981,

- in respect of hard cherries and other sweet cherries preserved in syrup, falling within subheading ex 20.06 B of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be limited, for each processing undertaking, to 80;65 % of the total quantity produced during the 1980/81 marketing year for processing undertakings existing in 1980 and to 80;65 % of the total quantity produced during the 1981/82 marketing for processing undertakings set up in 1981;

- in respect of Morello cherries preserved in syrup, falling within subheading ex 20.06 B of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be limited for each processing undertaking, to 74;50 % of the total quantity produced during the 1980/81 marketing year for the processing undertakings existing in 1980 and to 74;50 % of the total quantity produced during the 1981/82 marketing year for the processing undertakings set up in 1981.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 4 August 1982.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 118, 30. 4. 1981, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 218, 27. 7. 1982, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 180, 24. 6. 1982, p. 25.