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( 1 ) OJ NO L 73 , 21 . 3 . 1977 , P . 46 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 357 , 21 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2069/81

OF 20 JULY 1981

FIXING , FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE PRODUCTION AID FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE AND THE MINIMUM PRICE TO BE PAID TO PINEAPPLE PRODUCERS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 525/77 OF 14 MARCH 1977 ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AID FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE ( 1 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2990/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 525/77 ESTABLISHES A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AID FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE PROCESSED FROM PINEAPPLES HARVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE OBJECT OF SUCH AID IS TO OFFSET THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY OFFER PRICE AND THE PRICES CHARGED BY THIRD COUNTRIES FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE ;

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THE SAID REGULATION , THE GRANTING OF SUCH AID IS SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRODUCERS OF FRESH PINEAPPLES OF AT LEAST A MINIMUM PRICE ; WHEREAS THAT PRICE MUST BE FIXED SO AS TO ENSURE A FAIR REMUNERATION TO THE PRODUCERS CONCERNED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE PRODUCTION AID FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 525/77 SHALL BE 54.24 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS , INCLUDING IMMEDIATE PACKAGING .

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE SAID MARKETING YEAR , THE MINIMUM PRICE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 525/77 SHALL BE 23.73 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JUNE 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER