31977R1362

25 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 156/ 11

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1362/77 of 20 June 1977 fixing , for the 1977 /78 marketing year, the production aid for tinned pineapple and the minimum price to be paid to pineapple producers

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, For the 1977/78 marketing year, the production aid Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No for tinned pineapple referred to in Article 1 of Regula­ 525/77 of 14 March 1977 establishing a system of tion (EEC) No 525/77 shall be 31-2 units of account production aid for tinned pineapple (*), and in parti­ per 100 kilograms, including immediate packaging. cular Article 4 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 2

Whereas Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 525/77 For the said marketing year, the minimum price establishes a system of production aid for tinned referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No pineapple processed from pineapples harvested in the 525/77 shall be 1 5-85 units of account per 100 kilo­ Community ; whereas the object of such aid is to grams . offset the difference between the Community offer price and the prices charged by third countries for tinned pineapple ; Article 3

Whereas, under Article 3 of the said Regulation, the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day granting of such aid is subject to the payment to following its publication in the Official Journal of producers of fresh pineapples of at least a minimum the European Communities. price ; whereas that price must be fixed so as to ensure a fair remuneration to the producers concerned, It shall apply from 1 June 1977 .

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

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