21..10. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities. No L-288/5- COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3223/88 of 17 October 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Coinmunity citrus fruit THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing 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 (3, Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3130/86 (%), the Hellenic Republic has implemented its plan laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of citrus fruit in accordance with the programme approved by the Commission on 21 November 1983 ; ' Whereas citrus plantations in certain regions of Greece were destroyed or seriously damaged by particularly severe and protracted frosts during the winter of 1986/87 which, to a large extent, have jeopardized the results obtained and the progress of the plan being implemented; whereas, accordingly, the re-establishment of the plantations concerned should, subject to certain conditions, be encouraged in order to ensure the survival of farming in the affected regions; Whereas such re-establishment should maintain quality at a high level or improve it by using the best varieties available where the quality level does not yet meet consumer requirements; whereas damaged plantations should therefore be re-established by means of conversion schemes where the varieties grown prior to the frosts did not meet consumer requirements ; Whereas some Greek citrus growers were prevented by the severe weather from starting the conversion and restructuring schemes already provided for in the plan approved by the Commission ; whereas they should be given the opportunity, therefore, of making a start on those schemes at the appropriate time; . Whereas, since the frost destroyed a significant proportion of trees which had already been the subject of conversion schemes or formed part of new plantations which had already been established as a result of the restructuring schemes, or which were the subject of schemes in the () OJ No C 182, 12. 7. 1988, p. 12. (3) Opinion delivered on 14 October 1988 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1. () OJ No L 292, 16. 10. 1986, p. S. course of being implemented, and a significant proportion of grafts intended for the implementation of the plan, new schemes must be started; whereas, consequently, the aids granted for those schemes must be adjusted to take account of the damage caused; Whereas, in order to remedy the situation thus created by the frost, provision must be made for an emergency scheme to run for a further period of two years and for the subsequent amendment of the plan implemented in Greece, » : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is hereby amended as follows : (a) The following subparagfaph is added to paragraph 2: ) ) ‘However, the - date referred to in the first subparagraph shall be deferred for two years as regards the implementation of the -provisions contained in paragraph 4. (b) The following paragraphs are added: ‘4,  In Greece: (a) the aids referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be granted in respect of operations as referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (c) and (d) on which a start has been made up to 31 December 1990, where citrus plantations were damaged by frost during the winter of 1986/87; (b) in the case of citrus plantations which were the subject, up to the winter of 1986/87, of operations as referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (c) and (d), the aids referred to in' the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be granted again where such operations must be recommenced as a result of the winter frosts in question and up to 31 December 1990 ; ' (c) the aids referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be granted for schemes for the re-establishment of trees damaged by frost during the winter of 1986/87 which are begun up to 31 December 1990 in