Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 620/71 laying down outline provisions for contracts for the sale of flax and hemp straw
Date: 1995-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, flax, hemp, production aid, seed flax, selling price

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(95) 20 final 

Brussels, 08.02.1995 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 620/71 laying down 
outline provisions for contracts for 
the sale of flax and hemp straw 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1.  Article  4a  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  620/71  states  that  contracting 

parties  must  indicate  in  sales  contracts  for  flax  that  the  selling 

price  takes  account  of  the  guide  price  for  linseed  referred  to  in 

Regulation  (EEC) No 569/76. 

2.  The aid scheme for linseed introduced by Regulation  (EEC) No 569/76 has 

been  discontinued.  Article  4a  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  620/71  should 

therefore be repealed to remove all references to the guide price from 

that Regulation. 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) No 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 620/71 laying down 
outline provisions  for contracts for 
the sale of flax and hemp straw 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European  Community, 

Having regard to Council Regulation  (EEC) No  1308/70 of 29 June  1979 on the 

common  organization  of  the market  in  flax  and  hemp(^),  as  last  amended  by 

Regulation  (EC) No 3290/94(2)t  and in particular Article  6 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^3), 

Whereas,  pursuant  to  Article  4a  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 620/71  of 

22 March  1971(4),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1776/76<5>,  the 

contracting  parties  must  indicate  in  sales  contracts  for  flax  that  the 

selling  price  takes  account  of  the  guide  price  for  linseed  referred  to  in 

Article  1 of Council Regulation  (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March  1976 laying down 

special  measures  for  linseed*6),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC) 

No 2048/92<7>; 

Whereas the aid  scheme  for linseed  introduced  by Regulation  (EEC) No 569/76 

was  replaced  by  that  introduced  by  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  1765/92  of 

30 June  1992  establishing  a  support  system  for producers  of  certain  arable 

crops(8),  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  920/94<9);  whereas  the 

abovementioned Article 4a should therefore be repealed, 

(1)  OJ No L  146, 4.7.1979, p. 1. 
(2)  OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 
(3)  OJ No C 
(4)  OJ No L 72, 26.3.1971, p. 4. 
(5)  OJ No L  199, 24.7.1976, p. 4. 
(6)  OJ No L 67, 15.3.1976, p. 29. 
(7)  OJ No L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 5. 
(8)  OJ NO L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 12. 
(9)  OJ No L  106, 27.4.1994, p. 14. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Article 4a of Regulation  (EEC) No 620/71 is hereby repealed. 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  seventh  day  following  its 

publication in the official Journal of the European Communities. 

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly  applicable in 

all Member states. 

Don* at Brussels, 

For the Council 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

BUDGET  HEADING: 
B1-140 Fibre  flax  and  hemp 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU  85 million 

TITLE: 
Proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 620/71 laying down outline provisions  for  contracts 
for the  sale of flax  and hemp  straw. 

LEGAL  BASIS: 
Article  6 of Regulation (EEC) No  1308/70 

AIMS: 
To adjust  the  conditions governing  contracts  for  the sale  of flax  straw so as to take account  of the  legislative 
amendments  made  in relation  to  flax  seed/linseed. 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

-  NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 
-OTHER 

5.1. 

REVENUE 
-  OWN RESOURCES  OF THE  EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

-  NATIONAL 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2. 

METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

PERIOD OF  12 
MONTHS 

(ECU  million) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(94) 
(ECU  million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(95) 
(ECU  million) 

NIL 

NIL 

NIL 

1997 

NIL 

1998 

NIL 

1999 

NIL 

2000 

NIL 

6.0. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE FINANCED  FROM APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN THE  RELEVANT 
CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE FINANCED  BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE  CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

WILL  A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY? 

WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY? 

OBSERVATIONS 

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