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( 1 ) OJ NO L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 45 , 24 . 2 . 1971 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 75 , 21 . 3 . 1981 , P . 20 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1735/81

OF 29 JUNE 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 726/81 APPLYING QUALITY CLASS III TO CERTAIN FRUIT FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 OF 18 MAY 1972 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1116/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 379/71 OF 19 FEBRUARY 1971 LAYING DOWN COMMON QUALITY STANDARDS FOR CITRUS FRUIT ( 3 ), LAID DOWN A CLASS III FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 , THE QUALITY CLASS III MAY BE APPLIED ONLY IF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED ARE NEEDED TO MEET CONSUMER DEMAND ; WHEREAS , THIS NEED , WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR A LIMITED PERIOD FOR LEMONS BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 726/81 ( 4 ), ALSO APPEARS TO EXIST AT PRESENT FOR CERTAIN CITRUS FRUITS OTHER THAN LEMONS ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE CONSIDERABLE FLUCTUATIONS IN PRODUCTION FROM ONE MARKETING YEAR TO ANOTHER , THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF QUALITY CLASS III SHOULD BE LIMITED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 726/81 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING :

' - ORANGES OF BLOND VARIETIES OTHER THAN " BIONDO COMUNE " : FROM 1 OCTOBER 1981 TO 15 JULY 1982 ,

- SATSUMAS , CLEMENTINES , TANGERINES AND OTHER SIMILAR CITRUS HYBRIDS OTHER THAN MANDARINS FROM 1 OCTOBER 1981 TO 15 MAY 1982 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE 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 , 29 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN