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( 1 ) OJ NO L 73 , 21 . 3 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 144 , 31 . 5 . 1978 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1639/79

OF 24 JULY 1979

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 OF 14 MARCH 1977 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1152/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3A ( 1 ) AND THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 10 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3A OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 INTRODUCED A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AID FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND LISTED IN ANNEX IA TO THAT REGULATION ; WHEREAS THE OBJECT OF THE SAID AID , WHICH IS BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY PRODUCTION PRICES AND THOSE IN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES , IS TO ENABLE COMMUNITY PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD AT PRICES WHICH COMPETE WITH THOSE CHARGED BY THE MAJOR NON-MEMBER PRODUCING COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS THE SITUATION ENCOUNTERED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX IA TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 IS ALSO ENCOUNTERED IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN OTHER PRODUCTS WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY ' S MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS ; WHEREAS THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AID REFERRED TO ABOVE SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED TO THE SAID PRODUCTS BY INCLUDING THEM IN THAT ANNEX ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ANNEX IA TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ANNEX IA

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION //

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EX 07.02 B // PEELED FROZEN TOMATOES //

EX 07.04 B // TOMATO FLAKES //

EX 08.12 C // PRUNES DERIVED FROM DRIED PLUMS ( " PRUNES D ' ENTE " ) //

EX 20.02 C // TOMATO CONCENTRATES //

EX 20.02 C // PEELED TOMATOES //

EX 20.02 C // TOMATO JUICE //

EX 20.06 B // PEACHES IN SYRUP //

EX 20.06 B // WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP //

EX 20.06 B // CHERRIES PRESERVED IN SYRUP //

EX 20.07 // TOMATO JUICE ' //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY :

- FOR TOMATO-BASED PRODUCTS , PRUNES DERIVED FROM DRIED PLUMS ( ' PRUNES D ' ENTE ' ), PEACHES IN SYRUP AND WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP , WITH EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR ,

- FOR CHERRIES PRESERVED IN SYRUP , WITH EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 24 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . GIBBONS