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( 1 ) OJ NO 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , P . 2553/62 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , P . 27 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 125 , 19 . 5 . 1977 , P . 36 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , P . 1 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 125 , 19 . 5 . 1977 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1708/77

OF 26 JULY 1977

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 AS REGARDS THE EXCHANGE RATES APPLICABLE TO ADDITIONAL AID FOR THE REPLANTING OF ORANGE AND MANDARIN TREES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION NO 129 ON THE VALUE OF THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT AND THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2543/73 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 OF 26 APRIL 1977 ON THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1053/77 ( 4 ), FIXES THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ; WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION , THE RATES IN QUESTION ARE IN PRINCIPLE APPLIED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2511/69 OF 9 DECEMBER 1969 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF COMMUNITY CITRUS FRUIT ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1034/77 ( 6 ), PROVIDES FOR THE GRANTING OF ADDITIONAL AID TO SMALL UNDERTAKINGS TO OFFSET A PART OF THE LOSS IN INCOME RESULTING FROM THE REPLANTING OF ORANGE AND MANDARIN TREES ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 , THE NEW REPRESENTATIVE RATES SHOULD BE APPLIED AS REGARDS THE ADDITIONAL AID REFERRED TO ABOVE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED , FROM 1 OCTOBER 1977 FOR ORANGES AND FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1977 FOR MANDARINS ;

WHEREAS IF THE NEW RATES WERE APPLIED FROM THE ABOVEMENTIONED DATES PAYMENT OF THE AID FOR THE REPLANTING OF THE PLANTATIONS IN QUESTION MIGHT BE DELAYED ; WHEREAS SUCH DELAY SHOULD BE PREVENTED BY BRINGING FORWARD THE DATE ON WHICH THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES FOR THE ADDITIONAL AID TAKE EFFECT ;

WHEREAS THE MONETARY COMMITTEE WILL BE CONSULTED ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY OF THE MATTER , THE MEASURES ENVISAGED SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 129 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) ( F ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 :

' ( F ) THE BEGINNING OF THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR FOR THE OTHER PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MARKETING YEAR HAS NOT COMMENCED BY THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS REGULATION ; HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF THE ADDITIONAL AID REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2511/69 , THE RATES SHALL BE APPLIED AS FROM 1 MAY 1977 . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 26 JULY 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . SIMONET