Commission Regulation (EC) No 1397/2007 of 28 November 2007 apportioning, for the 2007/08 marketing year, 5000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg
Date: 2007-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, flax, hemp, marketing, production quota

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Official Journal of the European Union

29.11.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1397/2007

of 28 November 2007

apportioning, for the 2007/08 marketing year, 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as
national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
245/2001 of 5 February 2001 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets
in flax and hemp grown for fibre (2) stipulates that the
apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and
hemp fibre
as
provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1673/2000, must be effected before 16 November of
the marketing year in progress.

guaranteed quantities,

as national

To that
the
end, Denmark and Italy have
Commission information relating to areas covered by
sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments and
processing contracts, and estimated flax and hemp
straw and fibre yields.

sent

Conversely, no flax or hemp fibre will be produced for
the 2007/08 marketing year
Ireland or
Luxembourg.

in Greece,

On the basis of estimates of production resulting from
the information provided, total production in the five

Member States concerned will not reach the overall
quantity of 5 000 tonnes allocated to them, and the
national guaranteed quantities as set out below should
be set.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Natural Fibres,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2007/08 marketing year, the apportionment in national
guaranteed quantities provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be as follows:

— Denmark 73 tonnes;

— Greece 0 tonnes;

— Ireland 0 tonnes;

— Italy 364 tonnes;

— Luxembourg 0 tonnes.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply from 16 November 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 953/2006 (OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52).