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( 1 ) OJ NO C 301 , 8 . 11 . 1983 , P . 3 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 15 MARCH 1984 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 324 , 27 . 12 . 1969 , P . 21 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 144 , 31 . 5 . 1978 , P . 5 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 987/84 OF 31 MARCH 1984 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF ORANGES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 ( 3 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1154/78 ( 4 ) , PROVIDES FOR A SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF ORANGES WHICH ARE PROCESSED UNDER CONTRACTS DESIGNED TO ENSURE , AT A MINIMUM PURCHASE PRICE TO THE PRODUCER , A REGULAR SUPPLY TO THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY ;

WHEREAS THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR ORANGES IS CURRENTLY FIXED AT A LEVEL SUCH THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MINIMUM PRICE PAID BY THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY AND THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION DOES NOT CHANGE FROM ONE MARKETING YEAR TO THE NEXT BY A PERCENTAGE GREATER THAN THE CHANGE IN THE SAID MINIMUM PRICE ; WHEREAS THE RESULT HAS BEEN TO ESTABLISH , PROGRESSIVELY , AN UNWARRANTED COMMERCIAL BENEFIT ACCRUING TO THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY ;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 SHOULD BE AMENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY BEARS A LARGER SHARE OF THE COST OF THE RAW MATERIAL CONCERNED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2601/69 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION SHALL BE SO FIXED THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MINIMUM PRICE AND THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION DOES NOT VARY , IN RELATION TO THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MARKETING YEAR , BY AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT RESULTING FROM THE INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM PRICE ; THE INCREASE IN THE DIFFERENCE SHALL , HOWEVER , NOT BE LESS THAN 50 % OF THE INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM PRICE . "

ARTICLE 2

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

IT SHALL APPLY FROM THE 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR ONWARDS .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 31 MARCH 1984 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

M . ROCARD