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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1388/81 of 25 May 1981 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 on the procedure for granting the premium for leaf tobacco Official Journal L 140 , 26/05/1981 P. 0005 - 0005

**** ( 1 ) OJ NO L 191 , 27 . 8 . 1970 , P . 1 . ( 2 ) OJ NO L 363 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 81 . COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1388/81 OF 25 MAY 1981 DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING THE PREMIUM FOR LEAF TOBACCO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , HAVING REGARD TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 73 THEREOF , WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3477/80 ( 2 ), MAKES PAYMENT OF AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM SUBJECT TO CONCLUSION OF A CULTIVATION CONTRACT OR TO SIGNATURE OF A CROP DECLARATION ; WHEREAS THE SAID CONTRACT AND DECLARATION SYSTEM WAS NOT IN FORCE IN GREECE BEFORE ACCESSION ; WHEREAS ITS IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRES A CERTAIN TIME ON ACCOUNT OF THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PRODUCERS AND AREAS UNDER TOBACCO ; WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF PAYMENT OF AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM AND BEARING IN MIND THE DURATION OF FIRST-STAGE PROCESSING OPERATIONS AND PACKAGING FOR TOBACCO , IT WOULD FREQUENTLY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PURCHASER TO PAY PLANTERS A PRICE NEAR THE NORM PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS SITUATION WOULD INVOLVE A DROP IN INCOME FOR PLANTERS AND DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN GREEK PLANTERS AND THOSE IN OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT APPEARS PROPER , FOR THE TWO HARVESTS FOLLOWING GREEK ACCESSION AND FOR THE TOBACCO GROWN AND SUBJECT TO FIRST-STAGE PROCESSING OPERATIONS AND PACKAGING IN THAT COUNTRY , TO LAY DOWN THAT PAYMENT OF AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM SHOULD NO LONGER BE SUBJECT TO CULTIVATION CONTRACT OR TO SIGNATURE OF A CROP DECLARATION ; WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR TOBACCO , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ARTICLE 1 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 , AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM MAY BE APPLIED FOR , UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1982 , FOR TOBACCO FROM THE 1981 AND 1982 HARVESTS GROWN IN GREECE AND WHICH HAS , IN THAT COUNTRY , UNDERGONE FIRST-STAGE PROCESSING AND PACKAGING , EVEN WHERE NO CULTIVATION CONTRACT OR CROP DECLARATION AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2B OF THE SAID REGULATION EXIST . ARTICLE 2 THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 25 MAY 1981 . FOR THE COMMISSION POUL DALSAGER MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 191 , 27 . 8 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 363 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 81 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1388/81

OF 25 MAY 1981

DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING THE PREMIUM FOR LEAF TOBACCO

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 73 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3477/80 ( 2 ), MAKES PAYMENT OF AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM SUBJECT TO CONCLUSION OF A CULTIVATION CONTRACT OR TO SIGNATURE OF A CROP DECLARATION ;

WHEREAS THE SAID CONTRACT AND DECLARATION SYSTEM WAS NOT IN FORCE IN GREECE BEFORE ACCESSION ; WHEREAS ITS IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRES A CERTAIN TIME ON ACCOUNT OF THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PRODUCERS AND AREAS UNDER TOBACCO ;

WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF PAYMENT OF AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM AND BEARING IN MIND THE DURATION OF FIRST-STAGE PROCESSING OPERATIONS AND PACKAGING FOR TOBACCO , IT WOULD FREQUENTLY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PURCHASER TO PAY PLANTERS A PRICE NEAR THE NORM PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS SITUATION WOULD INVOLVE A DROP IN INCOME FOR PLANTERS AND DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN GREEK PLANTERS AND THOSE IN OTHER MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS IT APPEARS PROPER , FOR THE TWO HARVESTS FOLLOWING GREEK ACCESSION AND FOR THE TOBACCO GROWN AND SUBJECT TO FIRST-STAGE PROCESSING OPERATIONS AND PACKAGING IN THAT COUNTRY , TO LAY DOWN THAT PAYMENT OF AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM SHOULD NO LONGER BE SUBJECT TO CULTIVATION CONTRACT OR TO SIGNATURE OF A CROP DECLARATION ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR TOBACCO ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 , AN ADVANCE ON THE PREMIUM MAY BE APPLIED FOR , UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1982 , FOR TOBACCO FROM THE 1981 AND 1982 HARVESTS GROWN IN GREECE AND WHICH HAS , IN THAT COUNTRY , UNDERGONE FIRST-STAGE PROCESSING AND PACKAGING , EVEN WHERE NO CULTIVATION CONTRACT OR CROP DECLARATION AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2B OF THE SAID REGULATION EXIST .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 25 MAY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION