CELEX: 51983PC0458
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1430/82 providing for restrictions on the importation of hemp seed and amending Regulation (EEC) n° 1308/70 in respect of hemp (submitted to the Council bythe Commission)

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                                            Brussels, 7 July 1983
                           Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
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                                                      V'
  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1430/82 providing for restrl'ètrions
  on the importation of hemp seed and amending Regulation (EEC)
  n° 1308/70 in respect of hemp
                  (submitted to the Council bythe Commission)
COM(8 3 ) 458 final
 ---pagebreak---                                        EXPLANATORY             MEMORANDUM
1. R e g u la tio n     (EEC) No 1 4 3 0 /8 2 p r o v i d e s f o r               some r e s t r i c t i o n s    on t h e a i d f o r
    hemp and on t h e i m p o r t a t i o n o f hemp and o f s o w in g seed and o t h e r s ,                                  in
    p a r tic u la r    on r e s t r i c t i o n s     on t h e i m p o r t a t i o n o f o t h e r hemp se ed .
    These p r o v i s i o n s       aim t o p r o t e c t human h e a l t h             and t h e y s h a l l a p p l y fro m
    1 August 1983.
2 . The d e a d l i n e p r e s e n t s no d i f f i c u l t i e s           f o r th e f i r s t    m easures b u t i t          cannot
     be r e s p e c t e d f o r t h e m easures r e g a r d i n g hemp seed f o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s th a n
     In f a c t ,     some t e c h n i c a l p r o b le m s w i t h t h e s e t t i n g up and a p p l i c a t i o n o f
     th e s e p r o v is io n s      e s p e c ia lly     c o n c e r n i n g t h e maximum g e r m i n a t i o n        r a t e were
     i n d e e d more d i f f i c u l t       to     s o lv e th a n i n i t i a l l y     fo re s e e n .
     M o r e o v e r , more t i m e s h o u ld be g i v e n t o Member S t a t e s '                      A d m in is tra tio n s     and
     o p e ra to rs to        c o n fo r m t o t h e o b l i g a t i o n s        re s u ltin g   in     a p p ly in g R e g u la tio n
      (EEC) No 1 4 3 0 /8 2 .
      For th e s e      r e a s o n s t h e d e a d l i n e o f 1 A u g u st 1983 c a n n o t be r e s p e c t e d .
 3 . T h e r e f o r e t h e Com m ission p r o p o s e s t o d e f e r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h i s                   re g u la tio n
       fro m 1 .8 .1 9 8 3 u n t i l       1 . 8 . 1 9 8 4 as a g r e e d a t t h e S . C . A . on 2 7 / 2 8 June 198 3 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                Proposal for a
                                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
am ending R e g u la tio n            (EEC) No 1 4 3 0 /8 2 p r o v id in g            fo r    r e s tr ic tio n s     on th e       im p o r t a t io n of
hemp and hemp seed and am e nd in g R e g u la tio n                           (EEC) n ° 1 3 0 8 /7 0 in             r e s p e c t o f hemp.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
H a v in g r e g a r d t o t h e T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e E uropean Econom ic C o m m u n ity, and i n
p a r tic u la r A rtic le s          4 2 , 43 and 113 t h e r e o f ,
H a v in g r e g a r d t o t h e p r o p o s a l fr o m t h e C o m m is s io n ,
H a v in g r e g a r d t o t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e European P a r l i a m e n t                    (1 ),
Whereas t h e second i n d e n t o f t h e second s u b p a r a g r a p h o f A r t i c l e                            3 o f C o u n c il
R e g u la tio n     (EEC) n ° 1 4 3 0 /8 2         ( 2 ) as amended by R e g u l a t i o n               (EEC) n ° 2 0 1 /8 3 ( 3 )
p ro v id e s t h a t t h i s       R e g u la tio n   s h a l l a p p l y fr o m 1 A u g u s t 1 9 8 3 ; w h e r e a s , t a k i n g             in to
a c c o u n t some i n h e r e n t t e c h n i c a l d i f f i c u l t i e s     in a p p ly in g         some m easures p r o v i d e d f o r
in t h is       re g u a ltio n , t h is      d e a d lin e    c a n n o t be r e s p e c t e d ; w hereas i t             s h o u ld be d e f e r r e d
t o 1 A ug u st 198 4 .
                                                                      A rtie l ' 1
A rtic le       3 o f R e g u la tio n       (EEC) no 1 4 3 0 /8 2 i s          r    i l a c e d by t h e f o l l o w i n g        :
" T h is R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o      f o r c e on t h e          h ird    fo llo w in g     its     p u b lic a tio n       i n the
O ffic ia l      J o u r n a l o f t h e E uropean C o m m u n itie s .
It     s h a l l a p p ly fr o m 1 A u g u s t 1 9 8 4 . "
                                                                      A rtic le     2
T h is R e g u la tio n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o         f o r c e on t h e t h i r d         d ay f o l l o w i n g    its    p u b lic a tio n
in    th e O f f i c i a l    J o u r n a l o f t h e E urop e an C o m m u n itie s .
It    s h a l l a p p l y fr o m 1 A u g u s t 1 98 3 .
T h i s R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l be b i n d i n g      in     its    e n tir e ty      and d i r e c t l y    a p p lic a b le     in   a ll
Member S t a t e s .
Done a t B r u s s e ls ,                                                          F or th e C o u n c il
( 1 ) OJ no C . .
(2>) OJ no L 1 6 2 , 1 2 . 6 . 1 9 8 3 , p . 27
( 3 ) OJ no L 2 6 , 2 8 . 1 . 1 9 8 3 , p . 3