31988R3879

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3879/88

of 12 December 1988

setting for the 1988/89 marketing year the percentages mentioned in Article 3 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 in connection with aid for products processed from tomatoes

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2247/88 (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, in order to encourage the conclusion of contracts between groups of tomato producers and processors and groups of processors, Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 made provision for the granting on certain terms of an additional processing premium;

Whereas in order to permit payment of the said premium in respect of the 1988/89 marketing year the 'significant specific percentage' for the total quantity of processed tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers' groups must be set;

Whereas a specific percentage should be set for Spain and for Portugal, since the role of producers' groups in these two Member States is still limited,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1988/89 marketing year, the percentages mentioned in Article 3 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 shall be:

- for the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985: 70 %,

- for Spain and for Portugal: 26 %.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 12 December 1988.

For the Council

The President

Y. POTTAKIS

(1) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 21.