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( 1 ) OJ NO L 332 , 24 . 12 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 244 , 27 . 9 . 1979 , P . 11 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2044/81

OF 20 JULY 1981

DEROGATING FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR FROM THE TIME LIMIT FOR LODGING CONTRACTS FOR CASTOR SEEDS LAID DOWN IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2081/79

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 OF 19 DECEMBER 1977 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR CASTOR SEEDS ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS UNDER ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 , AID IS GRANTED ON CONDITION THAT THE SELLING PRICE STIPULATED IN CONTRACTS CONCLUDED WITH PRODUCERS IS NOT LESS THAN THE MINIMUM PRICE REFERRED TO IN THAT ARTICLE ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2081/79 ( 2 ) SPECIFIES THAT THESE CONTRACTS MUST BE LODGED BY 31 MAY EACH YEAR ;

WHEREAS IN VIEW OF THE DELAY IN FIXING THIS MINIMUM PRICE FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR THIS DATE SHOULD , TO ENABLE PRODUCERS TO RECEIVE THE AID , BE CHANGED , FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , TO 31 AUGUST 1981 ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR OILS AND FATS

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2081/79 , CONTRACTS FOR CASTOR SEEDS FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR MAY BE LODGED NOT LATER THAN 31 AUGUST 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 20 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN