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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(76 )251final
Brussels ,3June 1976 ,
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Proposal fora
REGULATION (-EEC)CFTHECOUNCIL
/
onspecial measures for linseed
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
CCM(7 6)251final\

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1*Article2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)NO569/76providesthattheCounoilshalllay
downtheoriteriaforthedetermination oftheaverageworldmarketpricefor
linseedandthegeneralrulesaccordingthegrantingandcheckingofaidforthose
seeds.
Thisistheaimofthisproposal.
2.ForthefixingoftheaverageworldmarketprioetheCommissionhasbeenmainly-
inspiredbyexistingmeasuresforotheroilseeds(theconsideration ofthemost
favourablerepresentative offersontheprinciptlmarkets-fixingthepriceofthe
seedsinveaowithastandardqualityatRotterdam).
However,theseedpriceistobedeterminedonthebasisofthevalueofthe
oilandoilcaketintheabsenoeofoffersandquotationsaswellaswhentheconsi­
derationofoffersandquotationsforseedwouldruntheriskofnotallowing
thesaleoftheCommunityproductionofseedstotakeplaoeinnormalmarket
conditions.
Theindicativeyieldwhichisusedtoestablishtheproduotiontowhichapossible
aidisgrantedshallbedeterminedmoreparticularly intermsofasurveyofthe
realyieldsobtainedinthemainproduotionzones.
AsacontroltheMemberStatesshallinstituteaoheokoftheinformationfeaturing
intherequestforaid.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
onspecialmeasuresforlinseed
tHECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMONITLES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No569/76of15March1976layingdown
speoialmeasuresforlinseedandinparticularArticle2(3)thereoft '
/
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommisdon,
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No569/76requiresthatcriteriaforthe
determination of
theaverageworldmarketprice,togetherwithgeneralrulesforgrantingthesubsidyand
forthecontrolofBeedsiiarvestedwithintheCommunity,shouldbelaiddow?;
Whereastheaverageworldmarketpricemustbebasedonthemost
favourablepurchasingtermsavailableonthatmarket;
Whereasrelevantfiguresshouldbethoserecordedduringthe
marketingperiodforCommunityseedsforoffersontheworldmarketandprices
quotedonthemajorinternationalexchanges;whereas,however,thoseofferswhicharenot
consideredrepresentative ofthetruetrendofthemarketshouldbeignored;
Whereas,iftherearenorepresentativeoffersorquotationsforlinseed,theworld
marketprioeshouldbebasedonthevalueoftheproductsresulting
fromtheprooessingofthisseed;whereas,ifthereisasubstantialdrop
inthequotationsforlinseedoilandlinseedcakecomparedwiththoseforlinseed,theworli
marketpriceforlinseedshouldalsobebasedonthisvalueinordertoallow
thesaleoftheCommunitylinseedproductionundernormalmarketconditions {
Whereas,toenablethesystemofaidtoworkproperly,theaverage
prioemustberecordedforaCommunityfrontierorossingpoint;whereasinfixing
thispointaocountBhouldbetakenoftheextenttowhiohitisrepresentative for
importsoflinseedandthereforeRotterdamshouldbechosen;
whereasoffersandquota-lionswillhavetobeadjustediftheyrelatetoadifferent
frontiercrossingpointt
(1)OJNoL67,I5.3.I976,p.29

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Whereassuchadjustmentsshouldalsobemadeifthereisanyvariationfromthe
presentationandqualityspecified whenfixingtheprioe|.
WhereastheproducerMemberStatesshould"berequiredtosetuptheoontrolarrangements
necessarytoensurethatthesubsidysystem,worksproperlyj
WhereasunderArtiole2(2)ofthesaidRegulationthesubsidyistobegrantedfora
productionfigureobtainedbyapplyingtothesurfaceareassownandharvestedanindica-
yieldthatmaybedifferentiated ,takingintoaccountthecharacteristics oftheflax
producedandtheyieldascertainedinthemajarproducingareasintheCommunity}whereas,
toensurethatthesubsidysystemisproperlyapplied,theindicativeyield
shouldbedeterminedbyreferenoeprimarlytoyieldsascertainedbyrandomsampling
intheprinoipalproduotionareas:
HASADOPTEDTHISREOTLATKH i

Article 1
1«Theaverage world marked price forlinseed referred toinArticle 2ofRegulation
(EEC)No569/76shall "bedetermined inthelight oftheoffers ontheworld market
andtheprices quoted onthemajor international exchanges ,recorded over themost
representative marketing period forCommunity seeds®
2®Theaverago world market price shall "be "based ontheaverage ofthe
most favourable offers andquotations recorded during thesaid period ,excluding
offors andquotations which cannot Ireregarded asrepresentative ofthetrue trend
ofthe max-ket .
3«Where theoffers andquotations forlinseed cannot beuEcd asaoasis fordetermi­
ning theworld market price orwhere theconsideration ofsuch offers andquotations
v/ould notallow theCommunity product-ion oflinseed tobesold innor­
malmarket conditions ,theworld market price forlinseed shall be "based on
thevalue ofaverage quantities ofoilandoil-cake resulting from the
processing of100kilogrammes oflinseed intheCommunity less anamount correspon­
ding tothe cosit ofprocessing these seeds into oilandoil-oaka »
Article 2
Theaverage world market price shall badetermined forloose seeds ofstandard quality
delivered atRotterdam .
Thenecessary adjustments shall bemade where offers andquotations donotsatisfy
therequirements referred tointhefirst paragraph *
Article 3
Producer Member States shall setupasystem ofcontrol toensure ,inthecase ofeach
linseed grower towhom aidisgranted under Article 2(l)ofRegulation (EEC)No569/76»
that thecrop area inrespect ofwhich asubsidy wasapplied
foroorreeponds tothearea onwhich linseed wasactually sown andharvest ed»
Article 4
Theindicative yield referred toinArtiole 2(2)ofRegulation (EE®)No569/76
shall bedetermined byreferenoe primarily totheyields perhectare ascertained by
random sampling inthemain production areas oftheCommunity .

Artide5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities *
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddireotlyapplicableinall
MemberStates*
Doneat FortheCouncil