No C 85/60 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 86 
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34 Variety 
a) Perustiza 1 
b) Samsun J 
Erzegovina and similar varieties 
a) Round Tip ^ 
b) Scafati > 
c) Sumatra I J 
Basmas 
Katerini and similar varieties 
a) Kaba Koulak classic "j 
b) Elassona J 
a) Kaba Koulak non-classic "I 
b) Myrodata Smyrno, Trapezous and Phi 1 J 
Myrodata Agrinion 
Zichnomyrodata 
Tsebelia 
Mavra 
Burley GR 
Virginia GR 
Santa Fe 
Burley Ferm. 
Havana ESP 
Round Scafati 
Virginia ESP 
Burley ESP 
Virginia P 
Burley P Norm Price 
3,280 
2,947 
15,596 
5,913 
4,925 
4,279 
3,223 
4,253 
4,419 
3,695 
3,607 
2,251 
3,387 
1,258 
2,035 
2,618 
7,884 
4,088 
2,807 
3,374 
2,548 Intervention 
2,788 
2,505 
13,257 
5,026 
4,186 
3,637 
2,740 
3,615 
3,756 
3,141 
3,066 
1,913 
2,879 
1,069 
1,730 
1,843 
6,701 
3,475 
2,386 
2,868 
2,166 Premium 
2,429 
2,364 
2,188 
9,420 
2,869 
2,552 
2,211 
1,514 
2,233 
2,355 
3,936 
2,400 
0,953 
1,732 
0,281 
0,861 
1,823 
5,519 
2,093 
1,280 
1,705 
1,021 Derived 
Intervention 
4,116 
4,140 
3,712 
20,478 
6,747 
6,050 
5,170 
4,163 
5,080 
5,303 
4,613 
4,529 
3,034 
4,065 
1,756 
2,596 
3,003 
11,414 
4,666 
3,504 
3,897 
3,245 
The abovementioned prices and premiums for Spanish and Portuguese varieties are subject to revision on the basis of the exchange parity in force 
on 1 March 1986. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common 
organization of the market in raw tobacco 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/33) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas all the mechanisms provided for in Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (*), as last amended by , 
are applicable to each variety of tobacco produced in the 
Community; whereas the concept of varieties of tobacco was 
(>) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. 
14. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 85/61 
defined in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70; 
whereas, pursuant to the said Article, varieties of tobacco 
means types differentiated according to their botanical 
characteristics, but not so as to exclude consideration, where 
necessary, of ecological modifications of those types; 
Whereas the name of each variety corresponds to a specific 
botanical type; whereas the botanical criterion also covers 
genetic and morphological characteristics and factors 
relating to soil and climate; whereas, in addition to this 
criterion, cultivation techniques comprising methods of 
cultivation, yield and methods of drying and packaging the 
tobacco should also be taken into consideration; whereas 
these two criteria enable each Community-produced variety 
to be precisely identified; 
Whereas only qualities produced in certain production areas 
have the characteristics peculiar to each variety; 
Whereas, in order not to disturb the conversion process 
currently under way in the Community, the recognized 
production areas for each variety should be fixed annually; 
whereas each Member State should therefore be required to 
submit an application to the Commission each year for 
recognition of the production areas in which each variety is to 
be grown for the following harvest, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 2 (4) is replaced by the following: 
'4. Community-produced varieties of tobacco shall 
mean types differentiated according to their botanical 
characteristics and the cultivation techniques used, but 
not so as to exclude consideration, where necessary, of 
ecological modification of those types. 
The concept of 'variety' defined in the first subparagraph 
shall apply according to the production areas recognized for each variety. The Member States shall apply to the 
Commission before 30 September of each year for 
recognition of the production areas in which each variety 
is to be grown for harvesting during the following 
calendar year.' 
2. Article 2 (3) (b) is replaced by the following: 
'(b) for each Community-produced varity grown in 
recognized production areas;' 
3. In Article 2(5), after the expression 'reference qualities', 
the following words are added: 'and production 
areas'. 
4. The following paragraph 6 is added to Article 2: 
'6. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, 
and in particular the definition of varieties, shall be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 17.' 
5. Article 4 (3) (b) is replaced by the following: 
'(b) for each Community-produced variety coming 
from recognized production areas and for the 
corresponding reference quality.' 
6. Article 6(3)(b) is replaced by the following: 
'(b) for each Community-produced variety coming 
from recognized production areas.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from the 1986 harvest. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.