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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3455/80

OF 22 DECEMBER 1980

AMENDING , CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF GREECE , REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 146 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1396/78 ( 2 ) , HAS PROVIDED FOR A SYSTEM OF SUGAR PRODUCTION QUOTAS ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 24 OF THAT REGULATION HAS FIXED THE BASIC QUANTITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ; WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1592/80 OF 24 JUNE 1980 ON THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS IN THE SUGAR AND ISOGLUCOSE SECTORS DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1980 TO 30 JUNE 1981 ( 3 ) , HAS EXTENDED THAT SYSTEM TO THE 1980/81 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS THE JOINT DECLARATION ON SUGAR , MILK PRODUCTS , OLIVE OIL AND PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION , INDICATES THAT THE MAXIMUM QUOTA CONCERNING SUGAR PRODUCTION IN GREECE SHALL BE FIXED AT A LEVEL CLOSE TO THAT CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITIES PRODUCED IN GREECE DURING A RECENT REFERENCE PERIOD THE SITUATION OF WHICH MAY NOT , HOWEVER , EXCEED THE SUGAR MARKETING YEAR 1978/79 ; WHEREAS WITHIN THIS MAXIMUM QUOTA THE BASIC QUOTA IS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES IN FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ;

WHEREAS THESE PROVISIONS SHOULD ONLY APPLY UNTIL 31 MARCH 1981 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 24 ( 1 ) :

" WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH AND THE FIRST , SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAPHS OF PARAGRAPH 2 THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL ALLOCATE A BASIC QUOTA TO THE UNDERTAKING HAVING PRODUCED SUGAR DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 . ITS BASIC QUOTA IN RESPECT OF THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1980 TO 30 JUNE 1981 SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE QUANTITY REFERRED TO IN ( I ) OF THE LAST SUBPARAGRAPH OF PARAGRAPH 2 . "

2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LAST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 24 ( 2 ) :

" ( I ) GREECE 249 151 TONNES OF WHITE SUGAR . "

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 MARCH 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SANTER

( 1 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 170 , 27 . 6 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 160 , 26 . 6 . 1980 , P . 12 .

Amendments and corrections
March 31, 1981	See Art. 2
January 1, 1981	Entry into force - See Art 2

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3455/80 of 22 December 1980 amending, consequent on the accession of Greece, Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 on the common organization of the market in sugar