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( 1 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 360 , 31 . 12 . 1980 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 346 , 31 . 12 . 1980 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 160 , 26 . 6 . 1980 , P . 14 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 160 , 26 . 6 . 1980 , P . 16 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3/81

OF 1 JANUARY 1981

FIXING , FOR THE 1980/81 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , THE PRICE FOR WHITE SUGAR AND THE MINIMUM PRICES FOR BEET FOR GREECE

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 60 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 OF 19 DECEMBER 1974 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3455/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 3 ( 6 ), 4 ( 4 ) AND 28 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 3 ),

WHEREAS ARTICLE 60 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION MAKES PROVISION FOR APPLICATION OF THE COMMON PRICE IN GREECE FOR A SPECIFIED PRODUCT IF THE PRICE ON THE WORLD MARKET FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION IS HIGHER THAN THE COMMON PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS IS PRECISELY THE CASE FOR SUGAR ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1593/80 OF 24 JUNE 1980 FIXING , FOR THE 1980/81 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , THE SUGAR PRICES , THE STANDARD QUALITY OF BEET AND THE COEFFICIENT FOR CALCULATING THE MAXIMUM QUOTA ( 4 ), HAS FIXED THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR WHITE SUGAR FOR THE COMMUNITY AREA HAVING THE LARGEST SURPLUS ; WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1594/80 OF 24 JUNE 1980 FIXING , FOR THE 1980/81 SUGAR YEAR , THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES , THE INTERVENTION PRICES , THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY AND THE AMOUNT OF THE REPAYMENT TO OFFSET STORAGE COSTS AND THE COEFFICIENT FOR CALCULATING THE SPECIAL MAXIMUM QUOTA ( 5 ), HAS FIXED THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ;

WHEREAS THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR BEET , AS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 , MUST BE DETERMINED FOR EACH SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION AREA IN RESPECT OF WHICH AN INTERVENTION PRICE HAS BEEN FIXED ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1593/80 HAS FIXED THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR BEET FOR THE AREA HAVING THE LARGEST SURPLUS ; WHEREAS THE MINIMUM PRICES FOR SUGAR BEET IN GREECE ARE TO BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES APPLICABLE TO THE BEET PRICES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ;

WHEREAS THE PRICE OF WHITE SUGAR AND THE MINIMUM PRICES OF BEET AS FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1594/80 FOR THE REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN THAT HAVING THE LARGEST SURPLUS AND OTHER THAN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS AND ALL REGIONS OF ITALY , IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SHALL , FOR THE 1980/81 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , BE APPLICABLE FOR ALL REGIONS OF GREECE BECAUSE OF THE PARTICULAR SITUATION OF THAT COUNTRY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

( A ) THE PRICE OF WHITE SUGAR REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( D ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1594/80 ,

( B ) THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR BEET REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1594/80 AND THAT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) ( A ) OF THE SAME REGULATION ,

SHALL BE APPLICABLE FOR ALL REGIONS OF GREECE FOR THE 1980/81 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 1 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . F . VAN DER MEI