Commission Regulation (EC) No 605/98 of 17 March 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp
Date: 1998-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: flax, hemp, production aid, textile fibre

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 605/98

of 17 March 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 laying down detailed rules concerning
the aid for fibre flax and hemp

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation of the
market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regula-
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 4(5)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 619/71 of
22 March 1971 laying down general rules for granting aid
for flax and hemp (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 154/97 (4), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

the areas sown; whereas,

Whereas Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1164/89 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2289/97 (6), lays down a deadline for the submission of
declarations of
to
improve the checks on areas and harvest dates provided
for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 619/71, Member
States should be given the possibility of fixing a date
before the abovementioned deadline; whereas the rate of
reduction of aid in the event of the deadline for the
submission of declarations of areas sown not being met
should be adjusted in line with that in other sectors;

in order

Whereas Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89
contains a list of varieties of flax grown mainly for fibre;
whereas certain new varieties of flax grown mainly for
fibre have been included in the Common Seed Catalogue;
whereas,
furthermore, a number of varieties currently
included in Annex A have been deleted from the Cata-
logue; whereas Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89
should therefore be amended accordingly;

Whereas Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89
contains a list of the varieties of hemp eligible for aid;
whereas, since it has been established that certain new
varieties meet the requirements of Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 619/71, that Annex should be supplemented;

(1) OJ L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ L 72, 26. 3. 1971, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 27, 30. 1. 1997, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 121, 29. 4. 1989, p. 4.
(6) OJ L 315, 19. 11. 1997, p. 7.

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Flax and Hemp,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 5(1) is replaced by the following:

All growers of fibre flax and hemp shall submit
‘1.
each year a declaration of the areas sown, in the case of
flax not later than 30 June and in the case of hemp
not later than 15 July. Member States may fix a dead-
line earlier than 30 June for flax and earlier than 15
July for hemp. In such cases, Member States shall fix
the new deadline 30 days in advance and immediately
notify the Commission and the growers concerned.

If the declaration of areas sown is submitted during the
the aid
25 days following the respective deadlines,
referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
1308/70 shall be reduced by 1 % per working day it is
late. If the declaration is submitted after that period of
25 days, no aid shall be paid.’;

2. Annex A is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX A

List of varieties of flax grown mainly for fibre

Angelin
Argos
Ariane
Aurore
Belinka
Diane
Electra
Elise
Escalina
Evelin
Hermes

Ilona
Laura
Marina
Martta
Natasja
Nike
Opaline
Raisa
Regina
Viking
Viola’;

3. the varieties ‘Kompolti’, ‘Uso 31’, ‘Beniko’ and ‘Lovrin

110’ are hereby added to Annex B.

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.

Done at Brussels, 17 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission