30. 6. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 172/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1759/83 of 29 June 1983 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 fixing the scales of price increases and reductions for raw tobacco THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1461/82 (3, and in particular Articles § (6) and 6 (10) thereof, Whereas Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2728/81 (%), fixed the scales of price increases and reductions for leaf and baled tobacco; whereas in those scales the variety Forchheimer Havanna II c, originally inserted under serial No 1, was inserted under serial No 11 on account of its similarity to the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : varieties which were inserted under that serial number although the scales provided for these varieties were not amended on that occasion ; Whereas for that variety significant changes have taken place during recent harvests both as regards commer- cial practices and the relevant volume of production, with the result that the production of Forchheimer Havanna II c variety is now greater than that of the other varieties inserted under serial No 11 ; whereas it seems appropriate therefore to amend the scales of price increases and reductions provided for in respect of the varieties inserted under serial No 11 in the light of the specific situation of the abovementioned variety ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco, Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1728/70 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 2. In Annex II, the text for serial No 11 is replaced by the following : ‘11. a) b) Nostrano del Brenta c) Resistente 142 d) Gojano’ Forchheimer Havanna II ¢ 109 100 (') 58 Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from the 1983 harvest. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 1983. () OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. () OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 27. () OJ No L 191, 27. 8. 1970, p. 18. () O] No L 272, 26. 9. 1981, p. 1. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission