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REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 176/73 OF THE COUNCIL

OF 22 JANUARY 1973

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF ORANGE

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 ( 1 ) OF 18 DECEMBER 1969 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF ORANGE , CERTAIN MEASURES DESIGNED TO EASE THE DIFFICULTIES IN DISPOSING OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF ORANGE BY ENSURING THAT THEY ARE PUT TO A USE MORE IN KEEPING WITH THEIR COMMERCIAL CHARACTERISTICS BY HAVING GREATER RECOURSE TO PROCESSING QUALIFY , UNTIL 1 JUNE 1974 , FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND ;

WHEREAS THE ADOPTION OF THE MEDIUM-TERM MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2511/69 , DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE RANGE OF VARIETIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF ORANGES , WILL NOT ENABLE THE DIFFICULTIES IN DISPOSAL OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION TO BE SOLVED BEFORE 1 JUNE 1974 ; WHEREAS IT IS , THEREFORE , NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE AID FROM THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND FOR THE MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 ;

WHEREAS THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS SYSTEM IS SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSION OF TRANSPORT COSTS IN CALCULATING THE REFERENCE PRICE OF ORANGES , MANDARINS , SATSUMAS , CLEMENTINES , TANGERINES AND OTHER SIMILAR HYBRIDS OF CITRUS FRUITS ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

SOLE ARTICLE

IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 THE WORDS " UNTIL 1 JUNE 1974 " ARE DELETED .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 JANUARY 1973 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

L . TINDEMANS

( 1 ) OJ NO 324 , 27 . 12 . 1969 , P . 21 .