Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2777/90 of 27 September 1990 on interim measures applicable in the raw tabacco sector after the unification of Germany

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2777/90
of 27 September 1990
on interim measures applicable in the raw tobacco sector after the unification of Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2684/90 of 17 September 1990 on interim measures applicable after the unification of Germany, in anticipation of the adoption of transitional measures by the Council either in cooperation with, or after consultation of, the European Parliament (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2684/90 provides, inter alia, that a decision may be taken on a provisional basis and for a limited period to supplement or adapt Community rules in agricultural and fisheries policy to the extent strictly necessary to resolve problems resulting from the unification of Germany before the Council has been able to pronounce on the Commission's proposals on transitional measures and adjustments required as a result of the integration of the former German Democratic Republic into the Community; whereas such supplements and adaptations should be consistent with the economy of measures and with the principles of the common agricultural policy;
Whereas in the raw tobacco sector the Community prices, premiums and export refunds are fixed for a given harvest under Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1329/90 (3); whereas the said prices, premiums and refunds do not apply, having regard to the date of the unification of Germany, as regards the 1990 harvest, to tobacco grown in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas tobacco grown in the said territory in 1990 is currently covered by national arrangements similar to the Community rules on tobacco; whereas Germany should be authorized, in certain cases, to effect payments, from the date of unification, in respect of prices, premiums and export refunds from national funds for tobacco from the 1990 harvest grown in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic; whereas, however, in order to avoid any distortion of competition, the prices and premiums granted may not exceed the amounts fixed by the Council in Regulation (EEC) No 1331/90 (4) for the 1990 harvest for the Community varieties corresponding to the varieties produced in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic; whereas the amount of the export refunds on such tobacco may not exceed the amount fixed by the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are to apply subject to any changes resulting from the decisions taken by the Council on the proposals presented to it by the Commission on 21 August 1990;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Raw Tobacco,