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( 1 ) OJ NO L 246 , 5 . 11 . 1971 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 325 , 21 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 189 , 27 . 7 . 1979 , P . 14 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 325 , 21 . 12 . 1979 , P . 5 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1920/80

OF 15 JULY 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1582/79 FIXING THE AMOUNTS OF AID GRANTED FOR SEEDS FOR THE 1980/81 AND 1981/82 MARKETING YEARS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2358/71 OF 26 OCTOBER 1971 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SEEDS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2878/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SENTENCE OF THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2358/71 PROVIDES THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION AID SHALL BE FIXED EVERY TWO YEARS BEFORE 1 AUGUST FOR THE MARKETING YEAR BEGINNING IN THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR AND FOR THE SUBSEQUENT MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE AMOUNT OF AID FOR THE SECOND MARKETING YEAR MAY BE MODIFIED BEFORE THE START OF THE MARKETING YEAR CONCERNED AND IN GOOD TIME TO ALLOW ACTION AS REGARDS PRODUCTION ;

WHEREAS THE MARKET TRENDS FOR SEEDS ON THE EVE OF THE MARKETING YEARS 1980/81 AND 1981/82 FOR WHICH AID GRANTED FOR SEEDS WAS FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1582/79 ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2879/79 ( 4 ), INDICATES THAT PRODUCERS WILL OBTAIN LESS INCOME FROM CERTAIN SPECIES , IN PARTICULAR AS A RESULT OF INCREASED IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AT PRICES SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THOSE OBTAINED FOR COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ; WHEREAS THIS SITUATION IS BRINGING ABOUT A REDUCTION IN THE AREA DEVOTED TO THOSE VARIETIES IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERIOUSLY THREATENS TO DISTURB THE COMMUNITY MARKET ;

WHEREAS IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE SITUATION IT IS NECESSARY TO INFLUENCE PRODUCTION BY INCREASING THE AMOUNTS OF AID FIXED FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR FOR THE SPECIES CONCERNED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

SOLE ARTICLE

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR THE AMOUNTS OF AID GRANTED FOR SEEDS , SPECIFIED IN THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1582/79 , SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) FOR PHLEUM PRATENSE L . FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 12.03 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF THE AMOUNT OF AID SHALL BE INCREASED FROM 50.3 ECU/100 KG TO 55.3 ECU/100 KG ;

( B ) FOR TRIFOLIUM REPENS L . AND TRIFOLIUM REPENS L . VAR . GIGANTEUM FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 12.03 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF THE AMOUNT OF AID SHALL BE INCREASED FROM 36.8 ECU/100 KG TO 40.9 ECU/100 KG .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 JULY 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SANTER