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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3434/82

of 21 December 1982

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2197/82 extending the period of storage of certain quantities of dried figs and dried grapes held by the Greek storage agencies beyond the end of the 1981/82 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of production aid for dried figs and dried grapes (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2101/82 (2), and in particular Article 10 (1) thereof,

Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 provides for the granting of storage aid to storage agencies for the quantities of dried figs and dried grapes which they have purchased under the contracts provided for in that Regulation, for the duration of storage of the fruit in question, which is not to extend beyond the end of the marketing year; whereas, however, it is stipulated in that Article that, where the market situation so requires, extension of the storage of certain quantities into the following marketing year may be authorized;

Whereas an extension until 31 December 1982 is provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2197/82 (3); whereas the market situation requires the period of storage to be further extended;

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

In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2197/82, '31 December 1982' is hereby replaced by '31 March 1983'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 21 December 1982.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 214, 1. 8. 1981, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 223, 31. 7. 1982, p. 4.

(3) OJ No L 233, 7. 8. 1982, p. 24.