CELEX: 31975R1410
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1410/75 of the Commission of 30 May 1975 on the granting of aid for the private storage of flax fibres

31 . 5. 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 140/55
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1410/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 30 May 1975
                            on the granting of aid for the private storage of flax fibres
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   between the supply of fibres and their foreseeable
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    demand will be restored ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas an assessment of the market situation, of
 Economic Community ;
                                                                 which the main points are set out above, thus leads to
                                                                 the conclusion that a temporary imbalance does exist
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    between the supply of long flax fibres and the foresee­
 1308/70 (') of 29 June 1970 on the common organiza­             able demand for these fibres ; whereas in these circum­
 tion of the market in flax and hemp, as last amended            stances aids for the private storage of these fibres
by the Act (2) concerning the conditions of accession            should be granted in accordance with the provisions
and the adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular           of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 524/7 1 (4) of
Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                         16 July 1971 laying down detailed rules concerning
                                                                 private storage aid for flax and hemp fibres ; whereas
                                                                 in view of the foreseeable trend of the market during
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308 /70                the coming months provision should be made to
 provides for the granting of private storage aid when           prevent storage contracts being concluded in respect
the supply of flax fibres shows a temporary imbalance            of fibres of the new crop ; whereas to this end the
when compared with the foreseeable demand ;                      conclusion of contracts should not be permitted after
whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1172/71 (3) of 3             the end of the current marketing year ;
June 1971 laying down general rules concerning
private storage aid for flax and hemp fibres specifies
the principal items to be taken into account to ascer­
tain the existence of such imbalance ;                           Whereas the maximum quantity which may be the
                                                                 subject of a contract should be specified taking into
                                                                 account the need on the one hand to remove gradu­
Whereas during the current marketing year Commu­                 ally the surplus from the market and on the other to
nity production of long flax fibres will be slightly             simplify the administration of the system of storage
greater than that of the last marketing year ; whereas,          aids ;
on the other hand, foreseeable imports of these fibres
will be slightly less than those of the last marketing
year ;                                                           Whereas the temporary imbalance referred to above is
                                                                 likely to continue until the beginning of the next
                                                                 marketing year, and whereas the storage contract
Whereas during recent months the demand for fibres               arrangements could cover a relatively large quantity of
on the part of Community and of third country users              fibres, amounting to up to some 20 % of Community
has fallen significantly compared to last year ; whereas         production of long fibres ; whereas in these circum­
this situation threatens to continue due to the current
                                                                 stances a fixed term of three or four months should be
crisis in the textile industry ;                                 set for such contracts ;
Whereas the market situation has been characterized
for some weeks by a marked fall in prices ; whereas in           Whereas by virtue of Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation
view of the foreseeable development of demand for                (EEC) No 1172/71 the term of existing contracts may
fibres this downward trend is likely to continue ;               in certain circumstances be curtailed ; whereas provi­
                                                                 sion should therefore be made to specify, in addition
                                                                 to the aid to be paid where the obligations under the
Whereas, because of a reduction in the area shown , a            contract are fulfilled, the deductions to be made where
fall in the production of flax during the coming                 the storage term is thus reduced ;
marketing year is to be anticipated ; whereas, taking
into account the decrease in consumption of this
product, it may be expected that during the first
months of the said marketing year the balance                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(') OJ No L 146, 4. 7 . 1970, p. 1 .                             ment Committee for Flax and Hemp,
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 123, 5 . 6. 1971 , p. 7.                              4) OJ No L 160, 17. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                be concluded for a fixed term which at the option of
                                                             the storer may be of either three or four months.
                        Article 1
                                                             2.     Contracts may not be concluded after 31 July
With effect from 1 June 1975 intervention agencies of        1975 .
producer Member States shall grant in accordance
with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71
and of this Regulation private storage aid for flax                                 Article 5
fibres of Community origin .
                                                             1.     The amount of the aid shall be 1.00 unit of
                        Article 2
                                                             account per 100 kg per month .
1 . Private storage aid may be granted only in
respect of long flax fibres.                                 2. Should Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                             1172/71 be applied, the amount of the aid shall be
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, 'long flax           reduced in proportion with the reduction in the term
fibres' means : flax, scutched, hackled (combed) but         of the contract.
not otherwise processed or spun, excluding flax tow,
flax waste and pulled or garnetted rags.
                                                                                    Article 6
                        Article 3
1 . The maximum quantity per contract shall be               For the purposes of this Regulation, a month shall
50 000 kilogrammes.                                          mean a period of 30 days.
2.     Contracts may not be concluded before the flax
fibres have been put into storage .                                                 Article 7
                        Article 4
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
1 . Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 8         following its publication in the Official Journal of
(2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1172/71 , contracts shall     the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 May 1975.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission