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( 1 ) OJ NO 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , P . 3025/66 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 360 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 16 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 133 , 10 . 6 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 334 , 21 . 11 . 1981 , P . 30 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3699/81

OF 23 DECEMBER 1981

WAIVING A PROVISION IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1204/72 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SUBSIDY SYSTEM FOR OIL SEEDS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1966 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3454/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 27 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1204/72 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3325/81 ( 4 ), LAYS DOWN THAT , EXCEPT IN CASES OF FORCE MAJEURE , THE ID PART OF THE CERTIFICATE IS TO MAKE IT OBLIGATORY TO PROCESS THE IDENTIFIED QUANTITY WITHIN A PERIOD OF 270 DAYS AFTER ITS DAY OF ISSUE ;

WHEREAS , IN A NORMAL MARKET SITUATION , IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT THAT TIME LIMIT IS NOT FULLY USED ; WHEREAS THAT TIME LIMIT MAY ALSO ENCOURAGE SPECULATIVE OPERATIONS ; WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE , IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE PRACTICES ADOPTED BY INDUSTRIES IN RESPECT OF THE TIME LIMIT BETWEEN PLACING UNDER CONTROL AND MILLING OF THE SEEDS , TO REDUCE THE SAID TIME LIMIT TO 60 DAYS ; WHEREAS SHORTENING THE TIME LIMIT IN THIS WAY WILL ALSO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISION TO SPEED UP SOME MONITORING OPERATIONS ;

WHEREAS THE SAID MEASURES SHOULD APPLY ONLY TO A PERIOD NECESSARY FOR ASSESSMENT OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS ;

WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR OILS AND FATS HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1204/72 , FOR SEEDS PLACED UNDER CONTROL AT THE OIL MILL BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 30 JUNE 1982 , EXCEPT IN CASES OF FORCE MAJEURE , THE ID PART OF THE CERTIFICATE SHALL MAKE IT OBLIGATORY TO PROCESS THE IDENTIFIED QUANTITY WITHIN A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS AFTER ITS DAY OF ISSUE .

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 , 23 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION