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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)363 final
Brussels.15July1976
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION^EEO
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supplementing Regulation (EEC)No620/76on
outlineprovisionsforcontractsforthesaleof
flaxstraws
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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C0M(76)363final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
the1976/77
flax orfrom
subsidy equal to
thedifference between theguide price fixed forlinseed and theworld market
price#
2*Inview ofthecharacteristics ofthis type offlax itislaid down that inthe
oase offibre flax thesubsidy shall effectively bepaid totheperson selling
theseed attheworld market prioe i.e. thepurchaser ofthestraw .
However ,theproducer should also benefit from theadvantages ofthesubsidy
system# This ispossible ifthecontracting parties take into acoourft .theguids
price fixed forlinseed atthetime ofthesale oftheflax straw#
3#Toachieve this ,theCommission purposes tosupplement theoutline provisions for
contraots forthesale offlax straw with theoompulsory mention that theprioe
deterained takes into account theguide price fixed forlinseed .l#.With Regulation (EEC)NO569/76,THECounoil laid down asfrom
marketing year ,speoial measures forlinseed whether from seed
fibre flax .These measures mainly consist ofthegranting ofa

Proposal fora
ÇQyNÇIL_REGULATION_(EEÇ)_No
of
Supplementing Regulation (EEC)No620/71onoutline provisions forcontracts forthe
vale offlax strawr
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Eoonomio Community ,
Having regard toCounoil Regulation (EEC)No1308/70of29June 1970 ontheoommon
organization ofthemarkets inflaxandhemp^,aslastamended bjrRegulation
(EEC)No814/76^»Badinparticular Article 6thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas Artiole 4ofCounoil Regulation (EEC)No620/71of22March 1971' laying down
outline provisions foroontraots forthesaleofflaxandhempstraw^provides that
oontraots conoluded between produoers andbuyers offlax straw shall indicate the
Belling price ;whereas this prioe isinfluenced toalarge extent bythevalue oflinseed
whereas this value corresponds totheguide prioe forlinseed fixed aspart of
thespecial measures forlinseed laid down inCounoil Regulation (EEC)No569/73
of15March 197^\" whereas ,topermit producers oftextile flaxtobenefit
inpart from these measures ,theoontraotiag parties should indicate inthecontract
forthesale offlax straw that they have taken into aooount theguide prioe forlinseed
referred toin Artiole 1ofRegulation (EEC)No5^9/76,
mADOPTES 1HIS REGULATION l
(1)OJNoL146,4.7.1970 ,p.1
2)OJNoL94,9.4.1976 ,p.4
(j)OJNoL72,26.3.1971 »P.4
(4)OJNoL67,15.3.1976 ,p.29

Artiole 1
There shalL beadded toRegulation (EEC )No620/71Article 4(a )asset outbelow :
"Article 4(a)i
"Inthe caB© offlax theoontraoting parties shall iiidioate inthe oontraot that the '
"price hasbeen agreed ,taking into acoount theguide prioe forlinseed asreferred
"toinArticle 1(l)ofRegulation (EEXJ)No569/76."
Artide 2
This Regulation shall enter into foroe onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOffioial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applioable in "all
Member States *
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