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( 1 ) OJ NO L 332 , 24 . 12 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 275 , 30 . 9 . 1978 , P . 83 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2308/78

OF 2 OCTOBER 1978

DETERMINING FOR THE MARKETING YEAR 1978/79 THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD FOR THE SALE OF COMMUNITY CASTOR SEEDS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 OF 19 DECEMBER 1977 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF CASTOR SEEDS ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 17 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2290/78 OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1978 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIAL MEASURES FOR CASTOR SEEDS ( 2 ) SPECIFIES THAT THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD FOR THE SALE OF COMMUNITY SEEDS SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR EACH MARKETING YEAR WHEN THE FIRST AID IS FIXED ; WHEREAS FOR THE MARKETING YEAR 1978/79 THE PERIOD IN QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE DETERMINED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AID APPLICABLE FROM 1 OCTOBER 1978 IS FIXED ;

WHEREAS , GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED SALE PATTERN , THE PERIOD 1 OCTOBER TO 31 DECEMBER 1978 MAY BE CONSIDERED THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD FOR THE SALE OF COMMUNITY SEEDS IN THE SAID MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS THIS PERIOD SHOULD THEREFORE BE ADOPTED ;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE MARKETING YEAR 1978/79 THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD SHALL BE 1 OCTOBER TO 31 DECEMBER 1978 .

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 , 2 OCTOBER 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT