31977R1431

30 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 160 /47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1431 /77 of 29 June 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 459/76 establishing a system of minimum prices applicable to the importation of tomato concentrates originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN those of the preceding years taken into consideration COMMUNITIES, when establishing the minimum price for products from Greece ; whereas in this situation the minimum Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European price and the special minimum price fixed by Regula­ Economic Community, tion (EEC) No 459/76 should be adjusted in accor­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No dance with Article 41 of the Association Agreement 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organiza­ with Greece, without forming an obstacle to the appli­ tion of the market in products processed from fruit cation of the criteria referred to in Article 44(2) and (3) of the Treaty and in particular the natural prefer­ and vegetables ('), and in particular Article 14(2) thereof, ence therein mentioned,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 459/76 of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 27 February 1976 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/76 (3), established a system of minimum prices applicable to the importation of Article 1 tomato concentrates originating in Greece ; whereas The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 459/76 is hereby the offer prices of Greek products on the world replaced by the Annex hereto. market are considerably lower than the minimum prices referred to above ; whereas on the other hand Article 2 according to forecasts the harvest of Greek tomatoes will reach this year a level considerably above that of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its last year ; whereas, consequently, the minimum price publication in the Official Journal of the European must still be applied to tomato concentrates imported Communities. It shall apply to operations for which from Greece in order to avoid any danger of customs import formalities are completed on or after disturbing the Community market ; 1 July 1977 by virtue of an import licence applied for, Whereas during the last marketing season it was within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) found that the production costs of Community No 1 93/75 (4), on or after the day of entry into force products had risen considerably in comparison with of this Regulation .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1977. For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(>) OJ No L 73 , 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 53 , 28 . 2 . 1976, p. 83 . (3 OJ No L 171 , 30 . 6 . 1976, p. 26 . (4) O J No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 10 .

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No L 160/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 6 . 77

ANNEX

Minimum import price into the Community as originally constituted, in u.aVl00 kg net weight ('), customs duties included

Dry weight content Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate packings less packings less packings less packings less packings of packings than 4 kg but than 1-5 kg than 0-7 kg than 0-25 kg less than Not less than But less than 4 kg or over not less than but not less but not less but not less (%) (%) 015 kg I S kg than 0-7 kg than 0-25 kg than 015 kg

20 46.2 49.7 54.5 56.9 66.3 69.3 20 22 500 52.5 57.5 600 700 75.0 22 24 52.6 55.3 60.6 63.2 73.7 79.0 24 26 55.2 580 63.5 66.3 77.3 82.9 26 28 57.8 60.8 66.6 69.5 81.0 86.8 28 30 60.5 63.5 69.6 72.6 84.7 90.8 30 32 631 66.3 72.6 75.7 88.4 94.7 32 34 65.8 690 75.6 78.9 92.0 98.6 34 36 68.4 71.8 78.6 82.0 95.7 102.5 36 38 71.0 74.5 81.6 85.2 99.4 106.5 38 40 73.6 77.3 84.6 88.3 1030 110.4 40 42 76.2 80.0 87.5 91.5 106.7 114.3 42 78.8 82.8 90.7 94.6 110.4 118.3

f1) The net weight of the products is considered as being the weight of the product including immediate packings

Special minimum import price into the new Member States, u.a./ 100 kg net weight (*), customs duties included

Dry weight content Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate packings less packings less packings less packings less packings of packings than 4 kg but than 1-5 kg than 0-7 kg than 0-25 kg less than Not less than But less than 4 kg or over not less than but not less but not less but not less (%) (%) 015 kg 1-5 kg than 0-7 kg than 0-25 kg than 0-15 kg

20 39.9 43.0 47.1 49.2 57.3 59.9 20 22 43.3 45.4 49.7 51.9 60.5 64.9 22 24 45.5 47.8 52.4 54.6 63.7 68.3 24 26 47.7 50.2 54.9 57.3 66.8 71.7 26 28 50.0 52.6 57.5 60.0 70.0 75.1 28 30 52.3 54.9 60.1 62.8 73.2 78.5 30 32 54.5 57.3 62.8 65.5 76.4 81.8 32 34 56.9 59.7 65.4 68.2 79.5 85.2 34 36 59 1 621 67.9 70.9 82.7 88.5 36 38 61.3 64.4 70.6 73.6 85.9 92.0 38 40 63.6 66.8 73.2 76.4 89.1 95.4 40 42 65.9 69.2 75.6 791 92.3 98.8 42 68.1 71.5 78.4 81.8 95.4 102.2

(') The net weight of the product is considered as being the weight of the product including immediate packings