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( 1 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 191 , 27 . 8 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 363 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 81 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1601/81

OF 16 JUNE 1981

DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING THE PREMIUM FOR LEAF 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 THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 26 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3477/80 ( 3 ), PROVIDES THAT CULTIVATION DECLARATIONS AND CONTRACTS MUST BE CONCLUDED BEFORE 1 MAY AND REGISTERED BEFORE 1 JULY OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY TAKE EFFECT ;

WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES , IT HAS BEEN FOUND VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPLY WITH THESE TIME LIMITS FOR CULTIVATION DECLARATIONS AND CONTRACTS TAKING EFFECT IN 1981 ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE TO PUT BACK THE SAID TIME LIMITS IN RESPECT OF THOSE CULTIVATION DECLARATIONS AND CONTRACTS ;

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

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2B ( 3 ) AND THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 2B ( 6 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1726/70 , CULTIVATION DECLARATIONS AND CONTRACTS TAKING EFFECT IN 1981 MAY BE CONCLUDED UP TO 30 JUNE 1981 AND REGISTERED UP TO 31 JULY 1981 .

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 , 16 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN