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( 1 ) OJ NO L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976 , P . 29 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 199 , 24 . 7 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 201 , 27 . 7 . 1976 , P . 14 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 330 , 25 . 11 . 1978 , P . 18 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 157/79

OF 29 JANUARY 1979

FIXING THE AVERAGE WORLD MARKET PRICE AND THE INDICATIVE YIELD FOR LINSEED FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 569/76 OF 15 MARCH 1976 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR LINSEED ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS AN AVERAGE WORLD MARKET PRICE FOR LINSEED MUST BE DETERMINED EACH YEAR ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1774/76 OF 20 JULY 1976 ON SPECIAL MEASURES FOR LINSEED ( 2 );

WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1799/76 OF 22 JULY 1976 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF SPECIAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF LINSEED ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2742/78 ( 4 ), PROVIDES THAT THIS AVERAGE PRICE IS TO BE THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF THE WORLD MARKET PRICES AS REFERRED TO IN THAT ARTICLE RECORDED EACH WEEK OVER A REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD ;

WHEREAS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD FOR THE MARKETING OF COMMUNITY LINSEED MAY BE TAKEN TO BE THAT FROM 25 SEPTEMBER 1978 TO 10 JANUARY 1979 ; WHEREAS THIS IS THEREFORE THE PERIOD TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ;

WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF ALL THESE PROVISIONS PRODUCES THE AVERAGE WORLD MARKET PRICE FOR LINSEED SPECIFIED BELOW ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 569/76 PROVIDES THAT THE SUBSIDY IS TO BE GRANTED FOR A PRODUCTION FIGURE OBTAINED BY APPLYING AN INDICATIVE YIELD TO THE AREAS SOWN AND HARVESTED ; WHEREAS THAT YIELD MUST BE DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 569/76 AND ( EEC ) NO 1774/76 ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 17 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1799/76 , THE PRODUCER MEMBER STATES HAVE SUPPLIED THE COMMISSION WITH THE RESULTS OF THE SAMPLING , REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2A ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION , REGARDING THE YIELDS PER HECTARE OF SEED HARVESTED FROM EACH OF THE TYPES OF FLAX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 7A AND 10A OF THE SAID REGULATION IN THE HOMOGENEOUS PRODUCTION AREAS ; WHEREAS , ON THE BASIS OF THOSE RESULTS , THE INDICATIVE YIELD FOR LINSEED SHOULD BE THAT SPECIFIED BELOW ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR OILS AND FATS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR , THE AVERAGE WORLD MARKET PRICE FOR LINSEED SHALL BE 16.080 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS .

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR THE INDICATIVE YIELDS FOR LINSEED SHALL BE :

( A ) FOR SEED FLAX :

- 1 850 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , THE NETHERLANDS AND IN THE FOLLOWING FRENCH DEPARTMENTS : AISNE , ARDENNES , EURE , EURE-ET-LOIR , LOIR-ET-CHER , LOIRET , MARNE , HAUTE-MARNE , OISE , SEINE-ET-MARNE , YVELINES , DEUX-SEVRES , ESSONNE , VAL D ' OISE ,

- 1 400 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN DENMARK ,

- 1 200 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE FOLLOWING FRENCH DEPARTMENTS : ALLIER , AUBE , CHER , COTE D ' OR , INDRE , MEUSE , NIEVRE , HAUTE-SAONE , SARTHE , YONNE ,

- 1 000 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN ITALY ,

- 700 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY ;

( B ) FOR FIBRE FLAX :

1 . HARVESTED , RETTED BUT NOT DE-SEEDED :

- 1 025 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE NETHERLANDS , IN BELGIUM AND IN THE FOLLOWING FRENCH ARRONDISSEMENTS : DUNKERQUE , LILLE , VALENCIENNES , DOUAI , BETHUNE , CALAIS , ST OMER , AND THE CANTON OF MARQUISE IN THE ARRONDISSEMENT OF BOULOGNE-SUR-MER ,

- 950 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY ;

2 . HARVESTED OTHERWISE THAN RETTED BUT NOT DESEEDED :

- 1 400 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE NETHERLANDS AND IN THE FOLLOWING BELGIAN PROVINCES : WEST-VLAANDEREN , OOST-VLAANDEREN AND ANTWERPEN ,

- 1 270 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE OTHER BELGIAN AREAS ,

- 1 150 KILOGRAMS PER HECTARE FOR FLAX PRODUCED IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 JANUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT