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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No547/78
of16March1978
fixingtheaverageworldmarketpriceandtheindicativeyieldforlinseedforthe
1977/78marketingyear
whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthe1977/78marketingyeartheaverageworld
marketpriceforlinseedshallbe15-770unitsof
accountper100kilograms.
Article2
Forthe1977/78marketingyeartheindicativeyields
forlinseedshallbe:
(a)forseedflax:
—1750kilogramsperhectareforflaxproduced
intheUnitedKingdom,intheNetherlands ,
andintheFrenchareas:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
569/76of15March1976layingdownspecial
measuresforlinseed('),andinparticularArticle2(4)
thereof,
Whereasanaverageworldmarketpriceforlinseed
mustbedeterminedeachyearaccordingtothe
criterialaiddowninCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1774/76of20July1976onspecialmeasuresfor
linseed(2);
WhereasArticle4ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1799/76of22July1976layingdowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofspecialmeasuresinrespect
oflinseed(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
316/78(4),providesthatthisaveragepriceistobethe
arithmeticmeanoftheworldmarketpricesasreferred
tointhatArticlerecordedeachweekoverarepresenta­
tiveperiod;
Whereasthemostrepresentative periodforthe
marketingofCommunitylinseedmaybetakentobe
thatfrom22August1977to27January1978;
whereasthisisthereforetheperiodtobetakeninto
account;
Whereastheapplicationofalltheseprovisions
producestheaverageworldmarketpriceforlinseed
specifiedbelow;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No569/76
providesthatthesubsidyistobegrantedforaproduc­
tionfigureobtainedbyapplyinganindicativeyieldto
theareassownandharvested ;whereasthatyieldmust
bedeterminedbyapplyingthecriterialaiddownin
Regulations (EEC)No569/76and(EEC)No1774/76;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle17(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1799/76,theproducerMemberStates
havesuppliedtheCommissionwiththeresultsofthe
sampling,referredtoinArticle2a(2)ofthatRegula­
tion,regardingtheyieldsperhectareofseedhavested
fromeachofthetypesofflaxreferredtoinArticles7a
and10aofthesaidRegulationinthehomogeneous
productionareas;whereas,onthebasisofthose
results,theindicativeyieldforlinseedshouldbethat
specifiedbelow;Aisne,Ardennes,Charente,Charente-Maritime ,
Eure,Eure-et-Loir ,Loiret,Marne,Oise,Seine
et-Marne,Yvelines,Deux-Sèvres ,Somme,
Vendée,Vienne,Essonne,Val-d'Oise ;
—1450kilogramsperhectareforflaxproduced
intheFrenchareas:
Aube,Cher,Côte-d'Or,Indre,Indre-et-Loire ,
Loir-et-Cher ,Nièvre,YonneAllier,Haute
Marne,Meurthe-et-Moselle ,Meuse:
—1000kilogramsperhectareforflaxproduced
intheotherareasoftheCommunity .
(b)forfibreflax:
(1)harvested,rettedbutnotdeseeded:
—950kilogramsperhectareforflax
producedintheNetherlands ;
—925kilogramsperhectareforflax
producedinBelgiumandintheFrench
areas:
Bailleul-NE ,Bailleul-SO ,Bergues,Bour­
bourg,Cassel,Dunkerque-Est ,Dunkerque
Ouest,Gravelines,Hazebrouck-Nord ,
Hazebrouck-Sud ,Hondschoote ,Merville,
Steenvoorde ,Wormhout ,Armentières ,
Quesnoy-sur-Deûle ,Tourcoing-Nord ,(»)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.29.
(2)OJNoL199,24.7.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL201,27.7.1976,p.14.
4OJNoL46,17.2.1978,p.14. Marquise,Calais-NO,Calais-SE,Guines,

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Aires-sur-Lys ,Ardres,Audruicq,Lumbres,
StOmer-Nord ,StOmer-Sud ;1100kilogramsperhectareforflax
producedintheotherareasoftheCommu­
nity. —700kilogramsperhectareforflax
producedintheotherareasoftheCommu­
nity.
(2)harvestedotherwisethanrettedbutnot
deseeded :Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .—1250kilogramsperhectareforflax
producedintheNetherlandsandinthe
BelgianareasWest-Vlaanderen ,Oost­
VlaanderenandAntwerpen ;
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16March1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President