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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 912/ 79 of 8 May 1979 amending Regulations ( EEC) No 2511 /69 and (EEC) No 1035/72 in respect of lemons and fixing the financial compensation for these products for June 1979

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN month should be fixed in accordance with the criteria COMMUNITIES , set out in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 thereof, March 1979 on the impact of the European monetary system on the common agricultural policy (7) laid Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account (u.a.), in ECU, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ ment ('),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Social Committee (2 ),

Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regu­ In the second paragraph of Article 6 of Regulation lation (EEC) No 11 22/78 (4), extended the granting of (EEC) No 2511 /69, '1 June 1979' shall be replaced by financial compensation for the marketing of lemons '1 July 1979'. until the end of the 1978 /79 marketing year ;

Whereas these measures have encouraged the Article 2 marketing of better quality products ; whereas such a trend should be furthered by retaining these measures In the first indent of the first subparagraph of Article in the coming marketing year ; whereas, therefore, 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, '31 May 1979' when calculating the reference price for lemons, shall be replaced by '30 June 1979'. account should not be taken of the transport costs as defined in Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Article 3 of the market in fruit and vegetables (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/79 (6) ; For June 1979, the level of financial compensation for Whereas, in the absence of a decision for the whole of lemons of quality categories 'Extra' and 'I' is hereby the 1979/80 marketing year and in order to ensure fixed at 6-58 ECU per 100 kilograms net. continuity, a measure should be taken for June 1979 ; whereas the level of financial compensation for that Article 4 (') Opinion delivered on 12 to 16 March 1979 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) Opinion delivered on 4 and 15 April 1979 (not yet This Regulation shall enter into force on the day published in the Official Journal). following its publication in the Official Journal of (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 . the European Communities. (4) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5 . 1978 , p. 13 . (5) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1 . ( 7) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 1979 .

For the Council

The President P. MEHAIGNERIE