31973R0716

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REGULATION (EEC) No 716/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 March 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 fixing the scales of price increases and reduc­ tions for raw tobacco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN common organization of the market, a price COMMUNITIES , guarantee was accorded, the scales of price increases and reductions were fixed on the basis of commer­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ cial practices then prevailing and took into account pean Economic Community ; the characteristics of use, adapted to the require­ ments of Community rules ; whereas a detailed Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 727/ study of data collected on the basis of past experi­ 70 ( x ) of 21 April 1970 on the common organization ence shows that it is necessary to amend the scales of the market in raw tobacco, as amended by Regu­ at present in force so as to give to the intervention lation (EEC) No 1574/71 (2), and in particular Arti­ agencies a freer hand in apraising the character­ cles 5 ( 6 ) and 6 ( 10 ) thereof ; istics of use of these tobaccos ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC ) No Whereas the measures provided for in its Regula­ 1728 /70 of 25 August 1970 ( 3 ) the scales of price tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the increases and reductions for leaf tobacco and baled Management Committee for Tobacco : tobacco ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/73 (4) amended the quality classification of varieties of leaf tobacco and baled tobacco referred to in Annexes I HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and II of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 ( 5) of 25 August 1970 on intervention proce­ dure for raw tobacco ; whereas it is , therefore , Article 1 necessary to adjust the scales of price increases and reductions ; In Annex I to Regulation (EEC ) No 1728 /70 the entry Whereas for the buying-in by intervention of baled against serial number 11 is replaced by the following tobacco for which, before the entry into force of the entry :

Category A Category B Category C

lia) Burley I loo h 65 48 11 b ) Maryland 100 (!) 65 48

C ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 167, 26. 7. 1971 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 191 , 27. 8 . 1970, p. 18 . (4 ) See p. 16 of this Official Journal . (5) OJ No L 191 , 27. 8 . 1970, p. 5 .

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Article2¶

1 . Part A of Annex II, to Regulation (EEC) No 1728 / 70 is amended by inserting at the beginning thereof the following :

Class and index number based on the reference Serial number Variety Leaf stage quality Class I Class U Class III

1 ( a ) Badischer Grümpen ( Primings ) 90 73 58 Geudertheimer ( b ) Forchheimer Sandblatt ( Lugs ) 109 88 71 Havanna II c Hauptgut ( Leaves ) 100 (!) 82 70 Obergut ( Tips ) 67

2 Badischer Grümpen ( Primings ) 114 89 56 Burley E Sandblatt ( Lugs) 122 98 76 Hauptgut ( Leaves) 100 i 1 ) 77 59 Obergut ( Tips) 50

3 Virgin SCR ! 100 (!) 57 22

2. In Part A of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 the entry against No 11 is replaced by the following entry :

Category A Category B Category C

11 ( a) Burley I 100 r ) 65 48 11 ( b ) Maryland 100 i 1 ) 65 48

Article 3 Part B of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation .

Article 4 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, 6 March 1973 .

For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX

B. Price increases and reductions by reference to characteristics of use (varieties 10 to 18). Percentage of the derived intervention price, adjusted as appropriate by the index number specified in Annex II A.

Presentation Combustibility Flavour Aroma Yield and condition Serial No Varieties From To From To From To From To From To

10 Bright — 3 + 3 — 4 + 4 — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 — 3 + 3 11 ( a) Burley I — 3 + 3 — 4 + 4 — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 — 3 + 3 (b ) Maryland 12 ( a) Kentucky and hybrids thereof (b ) Moro di Cori — 5 + 5 — 4 + 4 — 2 + 2 — 5 + 5 — 4 + 4 ( c) Salento 13 ( a) Nostrano del Brenta (b ) Resistente 142 — 3 + 3 — 4 + 4 — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 — 3 + 3 ( c) Gojano 14 Beneventano — 3 + 3 — 4 + 4 — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 — 3 + 3 15 Xanti-Yakà — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 - 1 + 1 — 2 + 2 — 2 + 2 16 Perustitza — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 — 1 + 1 — 2 + 2 — 2 + 2 17 Erzegovina and hybrids thereof — 2 + 2 — 3 + 3 — 1 + 1 — 2 + 2 — 2 + 2 18 ( a) Round Tip (b ) Scafati — 3 + 3 — 4 + 4 — 2 + 2 --3 + 3 — 3 + 3 ( c) Sumatra I