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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 996/79

OF 21 MAY 1979

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2290/78 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIAL MEASURES FOR 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 2 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2290/78 ( 2 ) PROVIDES THAT THE CONTRACTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 ARE TO BE LODGED BY 15 MAY EACH YEAR ; WHEREAS THIS DATE LIMIT HAS PROVED VERY DIFFICULT TO RESPECT ON ACCOUNT OF THE NORMAL PERIOD WHEN THE SAID CONTRACTS ARE CONCLUDED ; WHEREAS THE SAID DATE SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE ALTERED ;

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

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2290/78 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . ARTICLE 4 IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT :

' THE CONTRACTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 SHALL BE LODGED BY 31 MAY EACH YEAR . HOWEVER , FOR THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR , THE CONTRACTS SHALL BE LODGED BY 30 JUNE 1979 . '

2 . IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 15 ( 4 ), ' THE ANNEX ' IS REPLACED BY ' ANNEX B ' .

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 , 21 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT