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( 1 ) OJ NO L 190 , 28 . 7 . 1979 , P . 8 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 170 , 3 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 176 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , P . 8 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3003/81

OF 19 OCTOBER 1981

AMENDING , IN RESPECT OF THE 1981 HARVEST , REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1724/80 ADOPTING GENERAL RULES CONCERNING SPECIAL MEASURES FOR SOYA BEANS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1614/79 OF 24 JULY 1979 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF SOYA BEANS ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) AND THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1724/80 ( 2 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1781/81 ( 3 ) LAYS DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 ( B ) THAT A FIRST PURCHASER OF SOYA BEANS MUST SUBMIT A CONTRACT CONCLUDED WITH THE PRODUCER , BEFORE 15 AUGUST 1981 ; WHEREAS , IN PRACTICE , THIS TIME LIMIT HAS PROVED INADEQUATE ; WHEREAS THE SAID TIME LIMIT SHOULD , ACCORDINGLY , BE EXTENDED TO 15 SEPTEMBER 1981 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 2 ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1724/80 , THE DATE ' 15 AUGUST 1981 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 15 SEPTEMBER 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 LUXEMBOURG , 19 OCTOBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER