28. 2. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 49/29 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of.. . 
fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amounts withheld to finance measures to promote 
the use of flax fibre for the 1990/91 marketing year 
(90/C 49/21) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Article 89 (1) and 234 (2) thereof, Whereas Articles 79 and 246 of the Act of Accession establish 
the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for fibre flax and 
hemp in Spain and Portugal; 
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails 
fixing the amount of aid and the portion of the aid to be used 
for financing measures to promote the use of flax fibre at the 
levels set out below, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Articles 2 (3) and 4 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization 
of the market in flax and hemp (*), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 3995/87 (2), provide that the aid and 
the amounts withheld are to be fixed in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty; 
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 
provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown mainly for 
fibre and for hemp grown in the Community are to be fixed 
each year; Article 1 
For the 1990/91 marketing year, the aid provided for in 
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be: 
(a) as regards flax: 
— ECU 263,59 per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— ECU 375 per hectare for the other Member 
States; 
(b) as regards hemp: 
— ECU 239,11 per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— ECU 340 per hectare for the other Member 
States. 
Whereas Article 4 (2) of the said Regulation provides that the 
amount is to be so fixed per hectare of area sown and 
harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume of 
production required in the Community and the amount that 
can be marketed; whereas it is to be fixed taking into account 
the price for flax and hemp fibres and hemp seed on the world 
market, the price for other competing natural products and 
the guide price for flax seed; 
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 
provides that the portion of aid for financing Community 
measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed at the 
time when the aid is fixed for the marketing year in question 
in accordance with the criteria referred to in that paragraph; 
whereas it is to be fixed in the light of trends on the market in 
flax, the amount of the aid for flax and the cost of the 
measures to be introduced; 
(') OJNoL 146,4.7. 1970, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 34. Article 2 
For the 1990/91 marketing year, the amounts of the aid for 
flax to be used to finance the measures to promote the use of 
flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1308/70 shall be: 
— ECU 26,36 per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— ECU 37,50 per hectare for the other Member States. 
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 1990. 
No C 49/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 2. 90 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council