No L 182/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.7. 81 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1822/81 of 2 July 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1018/70 applying additional classes to certain vegetables THE COMMISSION 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(!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 (3), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1292/81 of 12 May 1981 laying down quality standards for leeks, aubergines and courgettes (°) provides for a Class III for these products; Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, a Class 111 may be applied only if the products concerned are needed to meet consumer demand; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1018/70 of 29 May 1970 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 76/74 (%), recog- nized that this was the case for certain vegetables, and such is at present the case for leeks, aubergines and courgettes ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1018/70 is amended by the addition of the following: ‘leeks, aubergines, courgettes’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1981. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 July 1981. (1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () O] No L 118, 30. 4. 1981, p. 1. () O No L 129, 15. 5. 1981, p. 38. 4 OJ No L 118, 1. 6. 1970, p. 12. 5) OJ No L 9, 11. 1. 1974, p. 37. For the Commission The President Gaston THORN