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( 1 ) OJ NO L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 134 , 31 . 5 . 1980 , P . 22 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1517/81

OF 4 JUNE 1981

FIXING THE BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES FOR APPLES FOR JUNE 1981

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 OF 18 MAY 1972 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1116/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 16 AND 35 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 16 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 , BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES WERE FIXED FOR APPLES OTHER THAN CIDER APPLES FOR THE MARKETING YEAR 1 AUGUST 1980 TO 31 MAY 1981 ;

WHEREAS , AT PRESENT , STOCKS OF APPLES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR IN THE COURSE OF WHICH A BASIC PRICE AND A BUYING-IN PRICE WERE FIXED FOR JUNE BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1316/80 ( 3 ); WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF APPLES ARE LIKELY TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE MARKET BEFORE THE END OF MAY 1981 ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION , A BASIC PRICE AND A BUYING-IN PRICE SHOULD SIMILARLY BE FIXED FOR JUNE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FOR JUNE 1981 , THE BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES FOR APPLES OTHER THAN CIDER APPLES , EXPRESSED IN ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

- BASIC PRICE : 25.92 ,

- BUYING-IN PRICE 13.16 .

2 . THE PRICES SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 1 RELATE TO APPLES OF THE GOLDEN DELICIOUS VARIETY , QUALITY CLASS I , SIZE 70 MM OR MORE , PACKAGED .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRICES QUOTED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF PACKAGING .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JUNE 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 4 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . M . V . VAN AARDENNE