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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2800/83

of 6 October 1983

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2742/82 on protective measures applicable to imports of dried grapes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1088/83 (2), and in particular Article 14 (2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2742/82 of 13 October 1982 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2186/83 (6), provides that the minimum price and the countervailing charge shall after having been converted into national currency be multiplied by a coefficient;

Whereas that multiplication is made to ensure that the minimum price expressed in national currency should not lead to distortion of trade;

Whereas certain conversion rates of the currencies of the Member States have changed, in particular that for the drachma;

Whereas that fact could lead to distortion of trade; whereas to avoid that risk, the coefficients in force should be adapted;

Whereas Article 5 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2742/82 provides that import licences shall be valid for 75 days from their issue; whereas experience has shown that a longer period of validity would correspond better to practices of international trade; whereas an extension can be made without harming the aim of the application of the system of import licences; whereas, as a consequence thereof, the period of validity should be extended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2742/82 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2 (3) is replaced by the following:

'3. After having converted the minimum price and the countervailing charge into national currency, by applying the representative rate, the resulting amount shall be multiplied by the following coefficient:

for DM: 0,892

for Fl: 0,932

for Dr: 1,023

for Bfrs/Lfrs: 1,000

for FF: 1,059

for Lit: 1,016

for Dkr: 0,980

for £: 0,925

for £ Irl: 1,000.'

2. Article 5 (4) is hereby replaced by the following:

'4. Import licences shall be valid for a period of three months from their 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.

Article 1 (2) shall apply from 15 October 1983.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 October 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 118, 5. 5. 1983, p. 16.

(3) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.

(4) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1.

(5) OJ No L 290, 14. 10. 1982, p. 28.

(6) OJ No L 210, 2. 8. 1983, p. 11.