974 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
8.12.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL269/9
REGULATION (EEC)No2602/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of6December1971
onthecommunication oftheinformationnecessaryforimplementingRegulation (EEC)
No727/70onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrawtobacco
Whereasanassessmentofthepricesobtainedby
producersforleaftobaccoforwhichthepremium
hasbeengrantedcanonlybemadeonthebasisof
informationcontainedinthepremiumcertificate
introducedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1726/703of25August1970ontheprocedurefor
grantingthepremiumforleaftobacco,asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2596/704;whereas,
consequently ,itisnecessaryforMemberStatesto
communicatetotheCommission ,assoonasallleaf
tobaccoofthecropinquestionhasbeensubjectedto
supervision,thenecessaryinformationconcerningthe
averagepricespaidforeachvarietyandquajityas
wellasthecorresponding quantities;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforTobacco;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
727/701of21April1970onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrawtobacco,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1574/71,2andin
particularArticle15thereof;
WhereasArticle15ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70
specifiesthatMemberStatesandtheCommission
shallcommunicate toeachothertheinformation
necessaryforimplementingthisRegulation;
Whereasbefore1Augusteachyearthenormprices,
theinterventionpricesandthederivedintervention
prices,andbefore1Novemberthepremiums,must
befixedforthecropofthefollowingcalendaryear;
Whereas,inordertodrawupproposalsonthefixing
ofthesepricesandpremiums,theCommissionmust
beinpossessionofthefinalproductionfiguresfor
theprecedingyearaswellasprovisionalinformation
onthecropforthecurrentyear;whereasthese
figuresandthisinformationshouldbesupplied
regularlyand,havingdueregardtotheproduction
time-table,ondateswhichwillmakeitpossibleto
drawuptheproposalsinquestion;
WhereasaccountshouldalsobetakenofArticle13
(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70whichlaysdown
thatwherethequantitiestakenoverbythe
interventionagenciesexceed,foraparticularvariety
orcrop,astatedpercentageoftheproduction,andin
anycaseastatedquantity,theCommissionshall
submitareporttotheCouncilnotlaterthan30April
ofthecalendaryearfollowingthatofthecrop;
whereastheCommission mustthereforehaveas.
manyrelevantparticularsaspossibleatitsdisposal;1.TheMemberStatesshallcommunicateannually
totheCommissionforeachof-varietyoftobacco:
(a)notlaterthan15April:
—productionfiguresforthecropofthe
precedingyear,and
-—anestimateoftheareastobeusedforthe
cultivationoftobaccoduringthecurrent
year.
However,ifalltheseparticularscannotbe
communicated bythatdate,theoutstanding
informationshallbesuppliednotlaterthan15June;
(b)notlaterthan15July:anestimateoftheareas
plantedforthecurrentyear;
(c)notlaterthan15September :aprovisional
estimateofthecropproductionforthecurrent
year.
1OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
2OJNoL167,26.7.1971,p.1.3OJNoL191,27.8.1970,p.1.
*OJNoL277,22.12.1970,p.7.

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2.Productionfiguresshallbeexpressedinnet
weightofleaftobacco.(b)theaveragedifferencerecordedbetweenthe
averageofthepricespaidandtheaverageprice
paidforthereferencequality.
Article2
Article3MemberStatesshallcommunicate totheCommission
onthedatesreferredtoinArticle1(1)(a)foreach
tobaccovarietyoftheprecedingyear'scropfor
whichthepremiumhasbeenappliedfor:
(a)theaveragepricespaidinaccordancewithArticle
2(2)(i)ofRegulation (EEC)No1726/70;ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussel,6December1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI