COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2673/80 of 17 October 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco

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 1778/80 (2), and in particular Articles 5 (6) and 6 (10) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1779/80 of 30 June 1980 fixing, for the 1980 harvest, the norm and intervention prices, the premiums granted to purchasers of leaf tobacco, the derived intervention prices for baled tobacco and the reference qualities (3), amended the definition of the reference qualities of certain varieties of tobacco used hitherto in order to define more precisely their botanical and commercial characteristics;

Whereas therefore the definition of other categories of these tobacco varieties, both leaf and baled, given in Annexes I and II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1979/79 (5), should be adapted in time to permit the smooth running of the intervention operations;

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

Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

2. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 October 1980.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 174, 9.7.1980, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 174, 9.7.1980, p. 3. (4) OJ No L 191, 27.8.1970, p. 5. (5) OJ No L 228, 8.9.1979, p. 23.

ANNEX I

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 is amended as follows:

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ANNEX II

Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 is amended as follows:

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Amendments and corrections
December 11, 2004	See 31970R1727
October 21, 1980	Entry into force - Date pub. + 3 See Art 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2673/80 of 17 October 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco