Council Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 of 18 July 1983 amending, as regards lemons, Regulations (EEC) No 2511/69 and (EEC) No 1035/72

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 2004/83
of 18 July 1983
amending, as regards lemons, Regulations (EEC) No 2511/69 and (EEC) No 1035/72
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1204/82 (4), provides for a system of financial compensation for sellers established in the producer Member States in respect of Community oranges, mandarins, clementines and lemons marketed in the other Member States;
Whereas, under Article 7 (2) of the said Regulation, the financial compensation in respect of lemons and clementines must be gradually reduced as from the 1983/84 marketing year and be abolished as from the 1986/87 marketing year;
Whereas the progress made on the measures providing for a switch to new varieties of lemons has been less than anticipated; whereas the application of the provisions concerning the reduction in the financial compensation in respect of lemons should therefore be postponed by one marketing year;
Whereas the situation in question should be taken into account when fixing the reference prices for lemons, by consequently amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/82 (6);
Whereas the marketing year for lemons begins on 1 June; whereas this Regulation should therefore apply from that date,