COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 45/81 of 1 January 1981 laying down general rules concerning the components for protection of the processing industry in the cereals and rice sector and fixing the components applying in Greece
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 72 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 66 (2) of the Act of Accession provides that the amount of the components for the protection of the processing industry in Greece in respect of products covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1870/80 (2), and by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1871/80 (4), is to be determined by separating out, from the total protection applied by Greece on 1 January 1979 to imports into Greece from third countries, the component or components designed to ensure the protection of the said industry;
Whereas, in order to provide a complete table of the components designed to protect processing industries in the enlarged Community, the components designed to protect the processing industry in the Community of Nine and applicable to imports from Greece should be shown on a single table with the components applicable in Greece,
1. In respect of the products covered by Regulations (EEC) No 2727/75 and (EEC) No 1418/76, the components designed to protect the processing industry referred to in Article 66 of the said Act - hereinafter called "fixed components" - which are levied on imports into the Community of Nine from Greece or into Greece from the Community of Nine, or which replace in the case of Greece the component of Community protection in the charge on imports from third countries, shall be as fixed or reproduced, as appropriate, in the Annex hereto.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of point 4 of Article 64 of the Act, the fixed components referred to in paragraph 1 and relating to products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall apply until 31 July 1981 while the components relating to products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 shall apply until 31 August 1981.
3. For subsequent marketing years:
- Greece shall determine the fixed components referred to in paragraph 1 in respect of imports from third countries, adjusted in accordance with the provisions of point 2 (a) of Article 64 and Article 66 (3) of the Act.
In the event of alterations to or suspension of the Community fixed component applicable to imports from third countries, Greece shall simultaneously alter or suspend the basic fixed component which it applies to imports from third countries by the proportion resulting from application of the provisions of point 2 (a) of Article 64 of the Act;
- the Commission shall determine the fixed components referred to in paragraph 1 in respect of intra-Community trade, adjusted in accordance with the provisions of point 1 of Article 64 and Article 66 (3) of the Act and, as appropriate, in accordance with authorizations granted under point 4 of Article 64 of the Act.
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted as the need arises in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981.
(1) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1.  (2) OJ No L 184, 17.7.1980, p. 1.  (3) OJ No L 166, 25.6.1976, p. 1.  (4) OJ No L 184, 17.7.1980, p. 4.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.