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( 1 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 189 , 27 . 7 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 191 , 27 . 8 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 127 , 24 . 5 . 1979 , P . 13 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1075/80

OF 30 APRIL 1980

DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING THE PREMIUM FOR LEAF TOBACCO AS REGARDS THE DATES FOR THE CONCLUSION AND REGISTRATION OF CULTIVATION CONTRACTS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RAW TOBACCO ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1579/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1019/79 ( 4 ), PROVIDES THAT CULTIVATION CONTRACTS SHALL BE CONCLUDED PRIOR TO 1 MAY AND REGISTERED PRIOR TO 1 JULY OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY COME INTO EFFECT ;

WHEREAS SUCH CONTRACTS MUST SPECIFY THE PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE NORM PRICES FIXED FOR THE CROP IN QUESTION AND THE LEVEL OF THE CORRESPONDING PREMIUM ;

WHEREAS , TO DATE , THE AFORESAID DATA ARE NOT YET KNOWN ; WHEREAS IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES , THE DEADLINE OF 1 MAY SET FOR THE CONCLUSION OF CONTRACTS CANNOT BE MET ; WHEREAS THESE FACTS CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE CASES REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2B ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 WHICH ENABLE THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT ALL NECESSARY MEASURES AND , THUS , TO DEFER THAT DEADLINE AS WELL AS , IN CONSEQUENCE , THE DEADLINE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTS AND CULTIVATION DECLARATIONS ;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2B ( 3 ) AND THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 2B ( 6 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 , THE DEADLINES SET FOR THE CONCLUSION OF CULTIVATION CONTRACTS AS WELL AS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THESE CONTRACTS AND THE CULTIVATION DECLARATIONS SHALL , IN THE CASE OF CONTRACTS AND DECLARATIONS TAKING EFFECT IN 1980 , BE DEFERRED TO 1 JULY AND 1 AUGUST 1980 RESPECTIVELY .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES . IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 MAY 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 APRIL 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT