Commission Regulation (EC) No 2373/2000 of 26 October 2000 fixing the aid amounts for fibre flax and hemp for the 2000/2001 marketing year
Date: 2000-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: flax, hemp, marketing, production aid

L 275/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27.10.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2373/2000

of 26 October 2000

fixing the aid amounts for fibre flax and hemp for the 2000/2001 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27
July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax
and hemp grown for fibre (1), and in particular Article 12(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 stipu-
lates that the amounts of aid applicable to the 2000/
2001 marketing year for flax and hemp grown in the
Community are determined by applying to the amounts
in force for the 1999/2000 marketing year a coefficient
equal to the ratio between the average expenditure per
hectare corresponding to EUR 88 million for all areas
resulting from crop declarations, and the average expen-
diture of EUR 721 per hectare estimated for the 1999/
2000 marketing year.

According to the first subparagraph of Article 12(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, the amounts of aid for
flax and hemp produced in the Community for the
2000/2001 marketing year must be fixed not later than
31 October 2000. To that end Member States have
notified the Commission of the land under fibre flax and
hemp for which a crop declaration has been submitted
for that marketing year in accordance with Article 5 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 of 28 April
1989 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for
fibre flax and hemp (2), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1313/2000 (3). The notifications indicate that

the declarations cover 125 136 hectares of Community
land under fibre flax and hemp.

If Member States are to approve aid for that land all the
rules
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89,
including those relating to controls, must be complied
with. However, fixing the aid amount from the crop
declaration information communicated by the Member
States does not prejudge the conclusions which may be
drawn as a result of verification of the correctness of the
information under the clearance of accounts procedure.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2000/2001 marketing year the amounts of aid referred
to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be:

(a) EUR 795,46/ha for flax;

(b) EUR 646,31/ha for hemp.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply from 1 August 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 121, 29.4.1989, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 34.