No L 140/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 5. 82 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1204/82 _of 18 May 1982 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having fegard to the Treaty estafnlishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas little progress has been made on the measures providing for the conversion of citrus production to better varieties; whereas all efforts should therefore be concentrated on the conversion of orange, mandarin and léemon plantations to varieties better suited to consumer requirements ; Whereas, in order to strengthen the possibilities of Community producers to prepare themselves to meet increased competition following enlargement, particu- larly from a quality point of view, steps should be taken to extend the field of application of the medium-term measures to lemons ; Whereas in the Member States where a substantial number of varieties of citrus fruit are not acceptable to consumers, this situation has affected development efforts relating to the total production of those States ; whereas it is necessary therefore to provide for struc- tural improvement measures to assist production in the Member States concerned ; Whereas conversion, marketing and processing measures should be encouraged only in Member States in which there is a very great need for conversion to different varieties ; Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2226/79 (%) authorized France to undertake measures concerning the replanting of citrus fruit plantations and the improvement of processing and marketing conditions in the citrus fruit sector, in so far as those measures are undertaken by 31 December 1983 and completed by 31 December 1986 at the latest ; whereas it is therefore necessary to authorize the application of these measures under the conditions of this Regulation and within the aforesaid time limits ; () OJ No C 87, 5. 4. 1982, p. 124. () OJ No C 112, 3. 5. 1982, p. 29. () OJ No L 257, 12. 10. 1979, p. 2. Whereas, in addition, having regard to the special situ- ation of the citrus fruit sector and particularly that of clementines in Corsica, these measures should be accompanied by structural improvement measures for the sector in question and by measures for the conver- sion of clementines to other clementine varieties ; whereas, therefore, provisional measures relating thereto should be authorized under the abovemen- tioned conditions and within the aforesaid time limits ; Whereas, in view of the changes in purchasing power since the adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (¥, the amount of the additional aid should be increased ; Whereas reconversion also mnecessitates collective operations, and the execution of such operations requires that the incentives provided for conversion may be granted to all participants; Whereas the granting of financial compensation is justified only in Member States in which a conversion plan has been established ; whereas the Community markets other than those of the producer Member States are more receptive to Community lemons and clementines than to oranges and mandarins ; whereas financial compensation could therefore be withdrawn more rapidly for lemons and clementines, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 is hereby amended as follows : (1) Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 1. Aid shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 for measures on which a start has been made up to 31 December 1988, within the framework of the plan referred to in Article 2, which are designed to: {a) convert existing plantations of orange, mandarin or lemon trees to other varieties of oranges, mandarins, or lemons or other citrus fruit of the satsuma or clementine type with a view to adapting such plantations to suit consumer demand ; (9 OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1.