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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1981 , P . 10 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1981 , P . 11 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 179 , 1 . 7 . 1978 , P . 21 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 183 , 4 . 7 . 1981 , P . 28 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1880/81

OF 8 JULY 1981

LIMITING THE GRANT OF PRODUCTION AID FOR WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP

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 1118/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3C THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1119/81 ( 3 ) FIXED THE QUANTITY OF WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP ELIGIBLE FOR AID AT 74 100 TONNES ; WHEREAS PROVISIONS SHOULD BE LAID DOWN TO ENSURE THAT THIS TOTAL QUANTITY IS DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE VARIOUS PROCESSING UNDERTAKINGS ;

WHEREAS , FOR THIS PURPOSE , THE MOST RECENT RELIABLE DATA AVAILABLE ON THE TOTAL QUANTITY PRODUCED SHOULD BE USED AS A BASIS ;

WHEREAS THE QUANTITY OF THE AID PRESERVES IN RESPECT OF WHICH NEW UNDERTAKINGS MAY QUALIFY FOR AID SHOULD BE DETERMINED ;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE GRANT OF PRODUCTION AID FOR WILLIAMS PEARS PRESERVED IN SYRUP , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 20.03 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , SHALL BE LIMITED FOR EACH PROCESSING UNDERTAKING TO 77.18 % OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY PRODUCED DURING THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR FOR UNDERTAKINGS EXISTING IN 1979 AND TO 77.18 % OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY PRODUCED DURING THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR FOR UNDERTAKINGS SET UP IN 1980 .

ARTICLE 2

WITH REGARD TO THE PRODUCT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 , THE PERCENTAGE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 ( 2 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1530/78 ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1850/81 ( 5 ), IS HEREBY FIXED FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR AT 2 % OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY PRODUCED IN THE TERRITORY OF EACH MEMBER STATE AND ELIGIBLE FOR AID PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 .

ARTICLE 3

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 , 8 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN