AND COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1557/79 OF 24 JULY 1979 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES IN THE RAW TOBACCO SECTOR IN RESPECT OF THE PERUSTITZA AND ERZEGOVINA VARIETIES ( 6 ), HAVE PROVIDED FOR A REDUCTION OF THE INTERVENTION PRICE OF THESE TOBACCOS ;
WHEREAS IT IS DESIRABLE TO FIX , IN RESPECT OF THE 1979 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 MAINLY GROWN 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 SINCE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN TOBACCO COMMUNITY PRODUCTION HAS UNDERGONE PROFOUND CHANGES AS REGARDS THE VARIETIES GROWN ; WHEREAS CERTAIN VARIETIES HAVE DEVELOPED WHILE OTHERS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED ; WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO REVISE ACCORDINGLY THE LIST OF COMMUNITY VARIETIES ;
WHEREAS CERTAIN VARIETIES OF TOBACCO , PREVIOUSLY DIFFERENTIATED IN THE LIST OF COMMUNITY VARIETIES , PRESENT SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AND ARE INTENDED FOR THE SAME USE ; WHEREAS , IN CONSEQUENCE , THE REFERENCE QUALITIES SHOULD BE DETERMINED IN A UNIFORM MANNER IN RESPECT OF THESE VARIETIES , AND SINGLE PRICES AND PREMIUMS FIXED ;
WHEREAS CERTAIN ALTERATIONS HAVE ALSO OCCURRED WITH REGARD TO THE HANDLING AND PRESENTATION OF LEAF TOBACCO ; WHEREAS THE DEFINITION OF THE REFERENCE QUALITIES SHOULD THEREFORE BE ALTERED ;
WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1265/79 ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT FOR THE TOBACCO SECTOR FROM 2 JULY 1979 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 1978 HARVEST ,