IS DESIRABLE TO FIX , IN RESPECT OF THE 1980 HARVEST , DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES BOTH FOR THE VARIETIES WHICH , BEFORE THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET CAME INTO FORCE , WERE SUBJECT TO A PRICE GUARANTEE AT THE BALED TOBACCO STAGE , AND FOR THE VARIETIES WHICH ARE GROWN MAINLY IN GERMANY , IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF MARKETING PRACTICES IN THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , BOTH INCREASED COSTS AND INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ;
WHEREAS THE PREMIUM GRANTED TO PURCHASERS OF COMMUNITY TOBACCO IS INTENDED TO ENABLE THEM TO PAY PRODUCERS OF LEAF TOBACCO A PRICE WHICH IS AT THE LEVEL OF THE NORM PRICE , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE TREND IN WORLD MARKET PRICES AND THE LEVEL OF PRICES ESTABLISHED BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED PRICES AND THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM MUST BE FIXED FOR EACH VARIETY IN RELATION TO A REFERENCE QUALITY DEFINED IN SUCH A WAY THAT AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE AN ASSESSMENT CAN BE MADE OF THE QUALITY OF THE TOBACCO ;
WHEREAS THE SAMSUN VARIETY HAS HITHERTO BEEN CULTIVATED IN THE COMMUNITY ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS BUT IS NOW PRODUCED ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS ; WHEREAS ITS CHARACTERISTICS ARE SUCH THAT IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF COMMUNITY VARIETIES UNDER THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER AS THE PERUSTITZA VARIETY ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER BETTER TO REFLECT THE MARKET SITUATION , A MORE PRECISE DEFINITION SHOULD BE GIVEN OF THE REFERENCE QUALITIES OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF TOBACCO , BOTH IN LEAF AND BALED , IN RESPECT IN PARTICULAR OF THE BOTANICAL AND COMMERCIAL CHARACTERISTICS ; WHEREAS IT IS ALSO ADVISABLE THAT THE REFERENCE QUALITIES OF EACH OF THE VARIETIES OF ORIENTAL TOBACCO , HITHERTO LISTED TOGETHER UNDER ONE HEADING , SHOULD BE DEFINED SEPARATELY ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , SOME CHANGES IN THE PACKAGING OF BALED TOBACCO HAVE TAKEN PLACE ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE QUALITIES FOR LEAF TOBACCO AND BALED TOBACCO SHOULD BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1366/80 ( 6 ) PROVIDES THAT FOR THE TOBACCO SECTOR FROM 1 JUNE 1980 A NEW REPRESENTATIVE RATE SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE CURRENCIES OF CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THIS PROVISION SHOULD LEAD , FROM THAT DATE , TO A REDUCTION , IN NATIONAL CURRENCY TERMS , OF THE PREMIUM FIXED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE HARVEST IN THOSE MEMBER STATES WHOSE REPRESENTATIVE RATE IS REVALUED ; WHEREAS IT SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE NATURE OF THIS SECTOR THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS SHOULD APPLY TO THE ENTIRE HARVEST IN A GIVEN YEAR ; WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE CAN BE ACHIEVED IF THE FORMER RATE OF EXCHANGE FOR THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED WERE TO REMAIN APPLICABLE TO PREMIUMS PAID FOR THE 1979 HARVEST ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
FOR THE 1980 HARVEST , THE REFERENCE QUALITIES FOR EACH OF THE VARIETIES OF LEAF TOBACCO OF