31978R2836

2. 12. 78 No L 336/35 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2836/78 of 1 December 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1530/78 laying down rules for the application of the system of aid in respect of certain products processed from fruit and vegeta­ bles

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Products Processed from Fruit Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and Vegetables, Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in products processed from fruit Article 1 and vegetables ^), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 52/78 (2), and in particular Article 3c thereof, Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1530/78 is hereby amended to read as follows : Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1530/78 of 30 June 1978 laying down rules for 4Article 7 the application of the system of aid in respect of 1 . The event within the meaning of Article 6 of certain products processed from fruit and vegeta­ Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 in which produc­ bles ^), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No tion aid becomes due and payable shall be consid­ 1914/78 (4), provides that the event in which aid is ered as occurring : payable is considered as occurring at the end of the processing period for each of the products in ques­ — in respect of tomato concentrates, peeled toma­ tion ; toes and tomato juice, on 1 July, — in respect of peaches in syrup, on 1 June, Whereas, in order to facilitate the application of the system of aid, the date to be employed for deter­ — in respect of prunes, on 1 September. mining the conversion rate to be applied to the 2. The conversion rate to be applied to the minimum price referred to in Article 3a (3) of Regula­ minimum price, fixed in units of account, for tion (EEC) No 516/77 should be fixed ; tomatoes, peaches and dried plums (prunes d'Ente) shall be the representative rate in force for each of Whereas, since production aid and the minimum price are interdependent, the same date should be these products on 1 July, 1 June and 1 September respectively.' employed for the conversion rate for this price as for the event in which aid is payable ; Article 2 Whereas this date should be close to that on which processing contracts are concluded, in order to make This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the trading relationship between producers and proces­ fpllowing its publication in the Official Journal of sors easier : the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 December 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(») OJ No L 73, 21 . 3. 1977, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1978, p. 1 . O OJ No L 179, 1 . 7. 1978, p. 21 . (4) OJ No L 218, 9. 8 . 1978, p. 8 .