CELEX: 31981R1535
Language: en
Date: 1981-05-19
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1535/81 of 19 May 1981 laying down special measures for certain varieties of raw tobacco from the 1981, 1982 and 1983 harvests

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31981R1535

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1535/81 of 19 May 1981 laying down special measures for certain varieties of raw tobacco from the 1981, 1982 and 1983 harvests  

Official Journal L 156 , 15/06/1981 P. 0019

++++COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1535/81  OF 19 MAY 1981  LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR CERTAIN VARIETIES OF RAW TOBACCO FROM THE 1981 , 1982 AND 1983 HARVESTS  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,  HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ESTABLISHING A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RAW TOBACCO ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 13 ( 8 ) THEREOF ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 2 ) ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 3 ) ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 4 ) ,  WHEREAS THE COMMISSION REPORT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 13 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 DISCLOSES A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE QUANTITIES OF KENTUCKY TOBACCO TAKEN INTO INTERVENTION FROM THE HARVESTS OF 1978 AND 1979 ; WHEREAS THOSE QUANTITIES GREATLY EXCEED THE QUANTITIES AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PRODUCTION LAID DOWN BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1469/70 ( 5 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1580/79 ( 6 ) , WHICH CONSTITUTE THE THRESHOLD FOR THE INITIATION OF THE PROCEDURES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 13 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 ;  WHEREAS THE SAME REPORT SHOWS THAT DESPITE THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIFIC MEASURES ADOPTED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1557/79 ( 7 ) , THE QUANTITIES OF ERZEGOVINA AND PERUSTITZA TOBACCO TAKEN INTO INTERVENTION FROM THE 1978 AND 1979 HARVESTS WERE STILL GREATLY IN EXCESS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUANTITIES AND PERCENTAGE ; WHEREAS THE MARKET FOR XANTI-YAKA TOBACCO IS STILL MARKED BY AN IMBALANCE WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED IN 1979 TO EXCEPTIONAL AND NOT STRUCTURAL DIFFICULTIES ; WHEREAS THE PERSISTENCE OF THESE DIFFICULTIES SUGGESTS A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT , WARRANTING THE APPLICATION OF THE SAME TREATMENT AS THAT GIVEN TO PERUSTITZA AND ERZEGOVINA TOBACCO , TO THAT VARIETY , WHICH ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE CONDITIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 ;  WHEREAS THE AVAILABLE FIGURES FOR THE 1980 HARVEST INDICATE THAT THE IMBALANCE IS BECOMING WORSE FOR THE VARIETIES MENTIONED IN THE COMMISSION REPORT ;  WHEREAS IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO HAVE RECOURSE TO THE SPECIFIC MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 13 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 , NAMELY A REDUCTION IN THE INTERVENTION PRICE AND A LIMIT ON INTERVENTION BUYING FOR PART OF ALL QUALITIES OF THE VARIETIES IN QUESTION ;  WHEREAS , IF MARKET EQUILIBRIUM IS TO BE RESTORED , THESE MEASURES SHOULD BE APPLIED TO SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE HARVESTS ;  WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR WILL YIELD A REDUCTION IN INTERVENTION EXPENDITURE AND WILL ALLOW A COMPENSATORY INCREASE IN THE PREMIUM ; WHEREAS THE PRODUCERS WILL THEREFORE BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE NORM PRICE FOR THE QUANTITIES WHICH MAY BE SOLD ON THE MARKET IN THE NORMAL WAY , THUS IMPROVING THEIR EARNINGS ; WHEREAS A PROPOSAL FOR AN AID PROGRAMME IN THIS SECTOR WOULD THEREFORE NOT BE JUSTIFIED ,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :  ARTICLE 1  FOR THE 1981 , 1982 AND 1983 HARVESTS , THE INTERVENTION PRICES FOR TOBACCO OF SERIAL NOS 10 ( A ) , KENTUCKY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF , ( B ) MORO DI CORI AND ( C ) SALENTO , 13 , XANTI-YAKA , 14 ( A ) PERUSTITZA AND 15 , ERZEGOVINA AND SIMILAR VARIETIES , SHALL BE REDUCED TO 80 % OF THE CORRESPONDING NORM PRICES .  ARTICLE 2  FOR THE 1981 , 1982 AND 1983 HARVESTS , THE QUANTITIES OF ALL QUALITIES OF TOBACCO REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 AND SIMILAR VARIETIES OF TOBACCO ELIGIBLE FOR INTERVENTION SHALL BE LIMITED AS FOLLOWS :   ( A ) FOR TOBACCO OF SERIAL NO 10 , 80 % , 60 % AND 40 % OF THE AVERAGE QUANTITIES OF THIS VARIETY TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES FROM THE 1978 , 1979 AND 1980 HARVESTS RESPECTIVELY ;   ( B ) FOR TOBACCO OF SERIAL NOS 13 , 14 ( A ) AND 15 , 75 % , 55 % AND 32 % OF THE AVERAGE QUANTITIES OF EACH OF THESE VARIETIES TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES FROM THE 1978 , 1979 AND 1980 HARVESTS RESPECTIVELY .  ARTICLE 3  DETAILED RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REGULATION , IN PARTICULAR THE RULES ON REDUCTION APPLICABLE TO ALL SELLERS OF TOBACCO TO INTERVENTION AGENCIES , SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 17 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 .  ARTICLE 4  THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .  THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 MAY 1981 .  FOR THE COUNCIL  THE PRESIDENT  D . F . VAN DER MEI  ( 1 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO C 75 , 3 . 4 . 1981 , P . 39 .  ( 3 ) OJ NO C 90 , 21 . 4 . 1981 , P . 101 .  ( 4 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 25 AND 26 MARCH 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .  ( 5 ) OJ NO L 164 , 27 . 7 . 1970 , P . 35 .  ( 6 ) OJ NO L 189 , 27 . 7 . 1979 , P . 4 .  ( 7 ) OJ NO L 188 , 26 . 7 . 1979 , P . 14 .