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( 1 ) OJ NO L 134 , 31 . 5 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 333 , 11 . 12 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 6 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 171 , 4 . 8 . 1970 , P . 10 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 32 , 3 . 2 . 1978 , P . 7 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 165 , 28 . 6 . 1975 , P . 45 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 32 , 3 . 2 . 1978 , P . 10 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3295/80

OF 18 DECEMBER 1980

EXTENDING AS A TRANSITIONAL MEASURE THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 803/68

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1224/80 OF 28 MAY 1980 ON THE VALUATION OF GOODS FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES ( 1 ), AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3193/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16A ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 16A ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1224/80 , THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 803/68 ( 3 ) MAY BE EXTENDED AS A TRANSITIONAL MEASURE UNTIL NO LATER THAN 30 JUNE 1981 UNDER THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 19 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1224/80 ; WHEREAS IT IS FITTING TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE COMMISSION REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING SYSTEMS OF STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES FOR CITRUS FRUITS AND FOR APPLES AND PEARS ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE CUSTOMS VALUATION COMMITTEE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE VALIDITY OF THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 803/68 SHALL , AS A TRANSITIONAL MEASURE , BE EXTENDED UNTIL THE PROVISIONS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 16A ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1224/80 ENTER INTO FORCE , BUT NO LATER THAN 30 JUNE 1981 :

- COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1570/70 OF 3 AUGUST 1970 ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES FOR CITRUS FRUITS ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/78 ( 5 ),

- COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1641/75 OF 27 JUNE 1975 ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE VALUE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES OF APPLES AND PEARS ( 6 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 224/78 ( 7 ).

2 . THE EXTENSION OF THE VALIDITY OF THE REGULATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE RIGHT OF AN IMPORTER TO HAVE THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1224/80 APPLIED .

IF AN IMPORTER EXERCISES HIS RIGHT TO HAVE THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1224/80 APPLIED TO GOODS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE VALUED UNDER THE SYSTEM OF STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES , REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1570/70 AND ( EEC ) NO 1641/75 SHALL NO LONGER APPLY TO IMPORTATIONS BY HIM DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION