COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2678/94 of 3 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2427/93 with regard to the Community Fund for tobacco research and information

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2427/93 (2) lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 with regard to the Community Fund for tobacco research and information; whereas, to guarantee financing of that Fund, provision should be made for the deduction from the premium to be carried out by Member States when advances on the premiums are paid or when the premiums are paid to the first processors;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2427/93 is hereby replaced by the followings:

'2. The amount shall be witheld by the Member States at the time of payment of the premium, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 (3)(). Member States shall pay that amount to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 3 November 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 70.

(2) OJ No L 223, 2. 9. 1993, p. 3.

(3)() OJ No L 351, 2. 12. 1992, p. 17.