OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 969
26.11.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL261/9
REGULATION (EEC)No2521/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of24November1971
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1643/71introducingasystemofminimumpricesfor
importsoftomatoconcentratesfromGreece
that,exceptincasesofforcemajeure,theywillbere­
exportedfromCommunityterritorywithinaperiod
ofeightmonthscommencingonthatdate;
Whereas,however,thispossibilitymayonlybe
admittedifimportsoftheproductsinthenatural
stateareeffectedatapricelevelequaltothatusually
observedbythemainexportingthirdcountries;
Whereasitshouldbemadecompulsoryforthe
importertopayacertainsumifthevarious
provisionsgoverningthesystemofcustoms
supervisionarenotcompliedwith;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
865/681of28June1968onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1425/712;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1427/713of2July1971introducingprotective
measuresforproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables,andinparticularArticle1(2)thereof;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1643/714
of28July1971introducingasystemofminimum
pricesforimportsoftomatoconcentratesfrom
Greecedoesnotprovideforaspecialsystemfor
tomatoconcentratesintendedforre-exportation after
processingwithintheCommunity ;whereas
experiencehasshownthatthelackofsuchasystem
isliabletocauseimbalanceintradewithGreeceand
withotherthirdcountries;whereasprovisionshould
thereforebemadeforasystemsimilartothesystem
applicabletootherthirdcountriesinrespectot
inwardprocessingfortheseimportsfromGreece;
Whereas,toensuretheproperworkingofsucha
system,provisionshouldbemadeforthepossibility
ofhavingproductsfromGreece,intendedfor
re-exportation afterprocessingwithinthe
Community,placed,onthedayonwhichtheyare
putintofreecirculationwithintheCommunity,under
asystemofcustomssupervisionwhichwillensureThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No1643/71:
'1.Theissueoftheimportlicenceshallbe
subjectto:
(a)awrittenundertakingfromtheimporterto
ensure:
(aa)thatimportationofnotmorethan105%
lessthan95%ofthespecifiedquantity
oftheproductwillbeeffectedduring
theperiodofvalidityofthelicence,
(bb)thatthisimportationarisesfroma
contractprovidingforthesaleand
deliveryfreeatCommunityfrontier,or
ataplacesituatedoutsidethe
Community ,atapricehigherthanthat
showninAnnexIor,whereparagraph
2ofthisArticleapplies,atapricehigher
thanthatshowninAnnexII,forthe
qualityinquestion,and
(cc)thatthispricewillactuallybepaid;1OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
2OJNoL151,7.7.1971,p.1.
3OJNoL151,7.7.1971,p.5.
4OJNoL171,30.7.1971,p.2.

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hasnotbeenfurnishedwithinninemonths
followingtheexpiryofthevalidityofthe
importlicence.
2.ProductsfromGreeceimportedataprice
higherthanthatshowninAnnexII,butequalto
orlowerthanthatshowninAnnexI,forthe
qualityinquestion,andintendedfor
re-exportation afterprocessingwithinthe
Community may,onapplicationfromthe
interestedparty,beplaced,onthedayonwhich
theyareputintofreecirculationwithinthe
Community,underasystemofcustoms
supervisionwhichwillensurethattheywillbe
re-exportedfromCommunityterritorywithina
periodofeightmonthscommencingonthatdate.
Asregardsthesupervisionprocedureandtherate
ofyield,,theproductsintendedforprocessing
shallbesubjecttothesamesystemasthat
applicable,inrespectofinwardprocessing,to
productsofthesamekind.'(b)thelodgingbytheimporterofadepositof3
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesnet
weighttoguaranteetheundertakingreferred
tounder(a)(aa),and
(c)awrittenundertakingfromtheimporterto
payasumof12unitsof14accountper100
kilogrammes netweightifproofof
compliancewiththeminimumpricelaid
downinAnnexIhasnotbeenfurnishedin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle8
(1)withinsixmonthsfollowingtheexpiryof
thevalidityoftheimportlicence,or
(d)whereparagraph2applies,awritten
undertakingfromtheimportertopayasum
of8unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesnet
weightifproofthat:
—theminimumpriceshowninAnnexII-in
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
.8(1)hasbeencompliedwithand
—theproductshave,exceptincaseofforce
majeure,beenre-exportedfromCom­
munityterritory,Article2
1.ThefollowingAnnexshallbeaddedto
Regulation (EEC)No1643/71:
'ANNEXII
Priceinu.a.per100kgnetweight;notincludingcustomsduties
DryextractcontentInbulkorin
immediateImmediate
packingsof
less'than4kg
butequalto
òrexceeding
1-SkgImmediate
packingsof
lessthan1-5kg.Immediate
packingsof
lessthan0-7kg
butequalto
orexceeding
0-25kgImmediate
packingsof
lessthan0-25kg
butequalto
orexceeding
0-15kgImmediate
packingsof
lessthan
0-15kgequaltoor
morethan
(%)butlessthan
(%)packingsof
4kgormorebutequalto
orexceeding
0-7kg
— 20 23-5 24-7 27-0 28-2 32-9 »35-3
20 22 24-8 26-0 28-5 29-8 34-7 37-2
22 24 26-1 27-4 30-0..31-3 36-5-39-2
24 '26 27-4 28-8 31-5 32-9 38-4 41-1'
26 28 28-7 30-1 33-0 34-4 40-2 43-1
28 30 30-0 31-5 34-5 36-0 42-0 45-0
30 32 31-3 32-9 36-0·37-6 43-8 47-0
32 34 32-6 34-2 37-5 39-1 45-6 48-9
34*36 33-9 35-6 39-0 40-7 47-5 50-9
36 ,38 •35-2 37-0 40-5 42-2 49-3 52-8
,3840 36-5'38-3 42-0 43-8 51-1 54-8
-..40 .42 37-8 39-7 ■43-5 45-4 52-9 56-7
42— 39-1 41-1 45-0 46-9 54-7 58-7'

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2.ThesoleAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1643/71shallbecomeAnnexI.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheeighthdayfollowingitspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1971
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI