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( 1 ) OJ NO L 73 , 21 . 3 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 360 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 16 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 358 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 66 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 47 , 20 . 2 . 1981 , P . 27 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 871/81

OF 1 APRIL 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3429/80 ADOPTING PROTECTIVE MEASURES APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 OF 14 MARCH 1977 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3454/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3429/80 ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 431/81 ( 4 ), RESTRICTED , IN ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ), THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF LICENCES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE SAID ARTICLE TO 31 MARCH 1981 ;

WHEREAS THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTIES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT OPERATIONS AND , IN ORDER TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION , THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE SAID LICENCES SHOULD BE EXTENDED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3429/80 , THE DATE ' 31 MARCH 1981 ' IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE DATE ' 15 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 WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 1 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION