24.5.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL139/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1576/86
of23May1986
amendingRegulation(EEC)No727/70onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
rawtobacco
Whereas,inordernottodisturbtheconversionprocess
currentlyunderwayintheCommunity ,therecognized
productionareasforeachvarietyshouldbefixedannu­
ally;whereaseachMemberStateshouldthereforebe
requiredtosubmitanapplicationtotheCommission
eachyearforrecognitionoftheproductionareasin
whicheachvarietyistobegrownforthefollowing
harvest,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission('),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament(2),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee(3),
WhereasallthemechanismsprovidedforinCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No727/70(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1461/82(5),areapplicableto
eachvarietyoftobaccoproducedintheCommunity ;
whereastheconceptofvarietiesoftobaccowasdefined
inArticle2(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70;where­
as,pursuanttothesaidArticle,varietiesoftobacco
meanstypesdifferentiatedaccordingtotheirbotanical
characteristics ,butnotsoastoexcludeconsideration ,
wherenecessary,ofecologicalmodifications ofthose
types;
Whereasthenameofeachvarietycorrespondstoa
specificbotanicaltype;whereasthebotanicalcriterion
alsocoversgeneticandmorphological characteristics
andfactorsrelatingtosoilandclimate;whereas,in
additiontothiscriterion,cultivationtechniquescom­
prisingmethodsofcultivation,yieldandmethodsof
dryingandpackagingthetobaccoshouldalsobetaken
intoconsideration ;whereasthesetwocriteriaenable
eachCommunity-produced varietytobepreciselyiden­
tified;
Whereasonlyqualitiesproducedincertainproduction
areashavethecharacteristics peculiartoeachvariety;Article1
Regulation (EEC)No727/70isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.Article2(4)isreplacedbythefollowing :
'4.Community-produced varietiesoftobacco
shallmeantypesdifferentiated accordingtotheir
botanicalcharacteristics andthecultivationtech­
niquesused,butnotsoastoexcludeconsideration ,
wherenecessary,ofecologicalmodificationof
thosetypes.
Theconceptof"variety"definedinthefirstsub­
paragraphshallapplyaccordingtotheproduction
areasrecognizedforeachvariety.TheMember
StatesshallapplytotheCommission before
30Septemberofeachyearforrecognitionofthe
productionareasinwhicheachvarietyistobe
grownforharvestingduringthefollowingcalendar
year.'
2.Article2(3)(b)isreplacedbythefollowing :
'(b)foreachCommunity-produced varietygrown
inrecognizedproductionareas;'.
3.InArticle2(5),aftertheexpression'referencequal­
ities',thefollowingwordsareadded:'andproduc­
tionareas'.
4.Thefollowingparagraph6isaddedtoArticle2:
'6.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
Article,andinparticularthedefinitionofvarieties,
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle17.'(')OJNoC85,14.4.1986,p.60.
(2)OJNoC120,20.5.1986.
(3)OJNoC118,20.5.1986.
(4)OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
(s)OJNoL164,14.6.1982,p.27.

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .5.Article4(3)(b)isreplacedbythefollowing :
'(b)foreachCommunity-produced varietycoming
fromrecognizedproductionareasandforthe
corresponding referencequality.'
6.Article6(3)(b)isreplacedbythefollowing :
'(b)foreachCommunity-produced varietycoming
fromrecognizedproductionareas." Itshallapplyfromthe1986harvest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.BRAKS