28.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL364/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3783/90
of19December 1990
ontransitionalmeasuresintheseedsectoraftertheunificationofGermany
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3577/90
of4December1990onthetransitionalmeasuresand
adjustmentsrequiredintheagriculturalsectorasaresult
ofGermanunification('),andinparticularArticle3
thereof,speciescorresponding tothespeciesproducedinthe
territoryoftheformerGermanDemocraticRepublic;
WhereasinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2778/90of
27September1990oninterimmeasuresapplicableinthe
seedssectoraftertheunificationofGermany(8),the
Commissionadoptedmeasurestothiseffectonaprovi­
sionalbasisfortheperiodfromthedateofunification
until31December1990;whereas,giventhattheafore­
mentionedcircumstances stillobtain,thesearrangements
shouldbeextendedbeyondthisdate;
WhereastheterritoryoftheformerGermanDemocratic
RepublicalreadybelongstotheCommunity ;whereasthe
eventgeneratingtherighttoCommunityaidforseeds
harvestedintheterritoryoftheformerGermanDemoc­
raticRepublicin1991willoccuron1August1991,
whichfollowsthebeginningofthe1991/92marketing
year;whereastheauthorizationgiventoGermanyshould
belimitedto31July1991inordertoavoidanycumula­
tionofaid;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSeeds,WhereasRegulation(EEC)No3577/90laysdown,inter
alia,thatmeasurestosupplementthoseprovidedforin
thatRegulationmaybeadoptedtoensuretheharmonious
integrationoffarmingintheterritoryoftheformer
GermanDemocraticRepublicintothecommonagricul­
turalpolicy;
WhereasArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2358/71of26October1971onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinseeds(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1239/89(3),stipulatesthataidmaybegranted
fortheproductionofseed;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1546/75(4),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2811/86(*),setson1
Augustfollowingthebeginningofeachmarketingyear
theeventgeneratingtherighttoaidforseed;whereason
1August1990theterritoryoftheformerGerman
DemocraticRepublicwasnotpartoftheCommunity ;
whereas,asaresult,Communityaiddoesnotapplytothe
1990/91marketingyearinrespectofseedharvestedin
theterritoryoftheformerGermanDemocraticRepublic;Article1
1.Germanyisherebyauthorizedtogrant,until31July
1991atthelatest,forseedharvestedin1990intheterri­
toryoftheformerGermanDemocraticRepublic,aid
fromnationalfundscorresponding totheproductionaid
providedforinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71.
2.Thenationalpaymentprovidedforinparagraph 1
foraspeciesmaynotexceedtheamountofaidfixedby
Regulation(EEC)No1240/80foracorresponding species
harvestedintheterritoriesmakinguptheCommunity
priortoGermanunification.WhereasitisthereforenecessarytoauthorizeGermanyto
grantnationalaidfortheproductionofcertainseed
harvestedintheterritoryoftheformerGermanDemoc­
raticRepublicforthe1990/91marketingyear;whereas,
however,inordertoavoidanydistortionofcompetition,
theaidmaynotexceedtheamountsfixedinCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1240/89of3May1989fixingthe
amountsofaidforseedsforthe1990/91and1991/92
marketingyears(*),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1979/90Q,fortheCommunity
0OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23. Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.0OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(3)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.35.
(4)OJNoL157,19.6.1975,p.14.0OJNoL260,12.9.1986,p.8.
(6)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.36.0OJNoL179,12.7.1990,p.13. (•)OJNoL267,29.9.1990,p.34.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission