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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 192 , 31 . 7 . 1979 , P . 3 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 192 , 31 . 7 . 1979 , P . 4 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 179 , 1 . 7 . 1978 , P . 21 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1731/79

OF 6 AUGUST 1979

LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES RESTRICTING THE GRANTING OF PRODUCTION AID FOR WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP

THE COMMISSION 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 LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1639/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3C THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1640/79 ( 3 ) FIXED THE QUANTITY OF WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP , IN RESPECT OF WHICH PRODUCTION AID MAY BE PAID AT 57 100 TONNES ; WHEREAS PROVISIONS SHOULD BE ADOPTED TO ENSURE THAT THIS OVERALL QUANTITY IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE VARIOUS PROCESSING UNDERTAKINGS ;

WHEREAS THE QUANTITY OF THE SAID PRESERVES IN RESPECT OF WHICH NEW UNDERTAKINGS MAY QUALIFY FOR AID SHOULD BE DETERMINED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE GRANTING OF PRODUCTION AID FOR WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 20.06 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , SHALL BE RESTRICTED , IN RESPECT OF EACH PROCESSING UNDERTAKING , TO 105 % OF THE QUANTITY PRODUCED DURING THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 2

IN RESPECT OF WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP , THE PERCENTAGE GIVEN IN ARTICLE 6 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1530/78 ( 4 ) SHALL BE FIXED FOR EACH MARKETING YEAR AT 2 % OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY PRODUCED WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF EACH MEMBER STATE AND QUALIFYING FOR AID BY VIRTUE OF ARTICLE 1 .

ARTICLE 3

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

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 6 AUGUST 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT