Commission Regulation (EC) No 1125/2008 of 13 November 2008 apportioning, for the 2008/09 marketing year, 5000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg
Date: 2008-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, flax, hemp, marketing, production quota

L 303/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.11.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1125/2008

of 13 November 2008

apportioning, for the 2008/09 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 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (1), and in particular Article 95 in conjunction
with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

common organisation of

Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
507/2008 of 6 June 2008 laying down detailed rules
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
for
1673/2000 on the
the
markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (2) lays down
that the apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre
and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities, as
provided for in Article 94(1a) of Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 for the marketing year 2008/09, must be
effected before 16 November of the marketing year in
progress.

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

Conversely, no flax or hemp fibre will be produced for
the 2008/09 marketing year in Denmark, Greece, Ireland
or Luxembourg.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2008/09 marketing year, the apportionment in national
in Article 94(1a),
guaranteed quantities provided for
in
to Regulation (EC) No
conjunction with Annex XI A.II.(b)
1234/2007 shall be as follows:

— Denmark

0 tonnes;

— Greece

— Ireland

— Italy

0 tonnes;

0 tonnes;

228 tonnes;

— Luxembourg

0 tonnes.

Article 2

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

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

It shall apply from 16 November 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 38.