28.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL364/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3782/90
of19December 1990
6ntransitionalmeasuresapplicableintherawtobaccosectorafterthe
unificationofGermany
sionallyfortheperiodfromunificationuntil31
December1990;whereas,giventhattheaforementioned
conditionsstillobtain,thisschemeshouldbeextended
beyondthatdate;
Whereasitisnecessarytoforbid,foragivenoperator,the
cumulationofprices,premiumsandexportrefundsunder
thenationallegislationintroducedbefore3October1990
intheterritoryoftheformerGermanDemocraticRepu­
blicandtheCommunityrulestakingeffectfromthat
samedate;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforRawTobacco,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3577/90
of4December1990onthetransitionalmeasuresand
adjustmentsrequiredintheagriculturalsectorasaresult
Germanunification('),andinparticularArticle3thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No3577/90laysdown,inter
alia,thatmeasurestosupplementthoseprovidedforin
thatRegulationmaybeadoptedinordertoensurethe
harmoniousintegrationoffarmingintheterritoryofthe
formerGermanDemocraticRepublicintothecommon
agriculturalpolicy;
WhereasintherawtobaccosectortheCommunityprices,
premiumsandexportrefundsarefixedforagivenharvest
underCouncilRegulation(EEC)No727/70of21April
1970onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinraw
tobacco(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1329/90(3);whereasthesaidprices,premiumsand
refundsdonotapply,havingregardtothedateofthe
unificationofGermany,asregardsthe1990harvest,to
tobaccogrownintheterritoryoftheformerGermany
DemocraticRepublic;
Whereastobaccogrowninthesaidterritoryin1990is
currentlycoveredbynationalarrangementssimilartothe
Communityrulesontobacco;whereasGermanyshould
beauthorized,incertaincases,toeffectpayments,from
thedateofunification,inrespectofprices,premiumsand
exportrefundsfromnationalfundsfortobaccofromthe
1990harvestgrownintheterritoryoftheformerGerman
DemocraticRepublic;whereas,however,inordertoavoid
anydistortionofcompetition ,thepricesandpremiums
grantedmaynotexceedtheamountsfixedbytheCouncil
inRegulation(EEC)No1331/90(4)forthe1990harvest
fortheCommunityvarietiescorresponding tothevarie­
tiesproducedintheterritoryoftheformerGerman
DemocraticRepublic;whereastheamountoftheexport
refundsonsuchtobaccomaynotexceedtheamount
fixedbytheCommission ;
Whereas,inCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2777/90
of27September1990oninterimmeasuresapplicablein
therawtobaccosectoraftertheunificationofGermany(*),
theCommissionadoptedmeasurestothiseffect,provi­Article1
1.Germanyisherebyauthorizedtograntfromnational
funds,forthevarietiesoftobaccoharvestedin1990inthe
territoryoftheformerGermanDemocraticRepublic,the
prices,premiumsandexportrefundsprovidedforin
Regulation(EEC)No727/70.
2.Thenationalpaymentforthepricesandpremiums
referredtoinparagraph 1maynotexceedthepricesand
premiumsfixedforacorresponding varietyunderRegula­
tion(EEC)No1331/90.
3.Thenationalpaymentfortheexportrefunds
referredtoinparagraph 1maynotexceedtheamount
fixedbytheCommissionforacorresponding variety.
Article2
1.Germanyshallensurethattheprices,premiumsand
exportrefundsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
727/70arenotgrantedfromCommunityfundsforthe
tobaccovarietiesharvestedin1990orearlierintheterri­
toryoftheformerGermanDemocraticRepublic.
2.GermanyshallnotifytheCommission assoonas
possibleofthemeasurestakentoensurethatparagraph 1
iscompliedwith.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
Itshallapplyuntil31December1992.(')OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.0OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.0OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.25.
(4)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.28.0OJNoL267,29.9.1990,p.32.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission