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( 1 ) OJ NO C 197 , 4 . 8 . 1980 , P . 87 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 140 , 5 . 6 . 1980 , P . 25 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 58 , 5 . 3 . 1976 , P . 5 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 172 , 10 . 7 . 1979 , P . 8 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2144/80

OF 7 AUGUST 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 AS REGARDS THE PERIOD OF SUSPENSION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE CONDITION ON PRICES GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF FRESH LEMONS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ),

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1368/80 ( 2 ) PROVIDES , FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR , FOR FINANCIAL COMPENSATION MEASURES FOR LEMONS ; WHEREAS SUCH MEASURES LED TO THE ADOPTION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1419/79 ( 4 ), WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE SUSPENSION OF APPLICATION OF THE CONDITION ON PRICES GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF FRESH LEMONS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS , AT PRESENT , SUCH SUSPENSION SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 31 MAY 1981 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 MAY 1981 ' .

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 FROM 1 JUNE 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 7 AUGUST 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . THORN