No C 62/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.3.84 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1984/85 
marketing year 
(84/C 62/19) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special 
measures for flax seed (l), and in particular Article 1 
(1) and (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, when the guide price for flax seed is fixed 
on an annual basis, account should be taken both of 
the objectives of the common agricultural policy 
and of the contribution which the Community 
desires to make to the harmonious development of 
world trade; whereas the objectives of the common 
agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair 
standard of living for the agricultural community 
and to ensure that supplies are available and reach 
consumers at reasonable prices; 
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides more specifi­
cally that this price shall be fixed at a level which is 
fair to producers, account being taken of the supply 
requirements of the Community; whereas to this 
end, a balanced relationship should be maintained 
between this price and the price of other oil seeds; 
(') OJNoL67, 15.3. 1976, p. 29. Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide 
price should be fixed at a higher level than that 
adopted for the preceding marketing year; 
Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a stan­
dard quality to be determined by reference to the 
average quality of seeds harvested in the Com­
munity; whereas the quality laid down for the 
1983/84 marketing year meets this requirement and 
can accordingly be used for the following marketing 
year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the guide price for 
flax seed shall be 55,41 ECU per 100 kilograms. 
Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 relates to seed: 
— in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable 
quality and, 
— with an impurity content of 2% and, for seeds 
as such, humidity and oil contents of 9 and 38 % 
respectively. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 August 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guarantee 
threshold for colza, rape and sunflower seed and certain factors relating thereto 
(84/C 62/20) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ 
EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of 
a common organization of the market in oils and 
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.