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25 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 156 / 9

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1361 / 77

of 20 June 1977

fixing , for the 1977 /78 marketing year, the minimum price and the special minimum price for tomato concentrates

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN lation (EEC) No 516/77 ; whereas, in accordance with COMMUNITIES , Article 3 (4) of the same Regulation , the minimum price shall be fixed for a product with given commer­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cial characteristics ; Economic Community , Whereas under Article 3 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 516/77, the special minimum price shall be aligned 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organiza­ by stages with the minimum price ; whereas the tion of the market in products processed from fruit second stage of that alignment shall be effected on 1 and vegetables ('), and in particular Article 3 (4) July 19 77 by increasing the special minimum price thereof* by one half of the difference between the price obtaining before the alignment and the minimum Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , price applicable for the coming marketing year ; whereas the minimum price shall apply in the new Member States with effect from 1 January 1978 , Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 516/ 77 lays down that a minimum import price shall be fixed for tomato concentrates ; whereas, under Article 3 (3 ) of the same Regulation , a special minimum price shall be fixed at the same time for imports into the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : new Member States ; whereas the fixing of these prices is intended to reduce the risk of the disturbance of the market in tomato concentrates by imports from third Article 1 countries at abnormally low prices ;

Whereas the minimum price must be fixed in the For the 1977/78 marketing year, for imports of the light of the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regu­ following product :

CCT heading Description Quality Pac kin ¿> No

ex 20.02 C Tomato concentrates Dried extract : In immediate packing of Content of not less than 2X % not less than 4 kg but not more than W %

— the minimum price shall be fixed at 66 units of account per 100 kilograms , immed­ iate packing included , — the special minimum price shall be fixed at 57 units of account per 100 kilograms, immediate packing included .

These prices shall include customs duties .

Article2¶

The marketing vear shall run from I July 1977 to 30 June 1978 .

The special minimum price shall be applicable until 31 December 1977 .

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Artie e 3 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 Luxembourg, 20 June 1977 . For the Council The President J. SILKIN