CELEX: 51993PC0036(17)
Language: en
Date: 1993-02-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount with held to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1993/94 marketing year

20 . 3 . 93                                   Officia] Journal of the European Communities                                      No C 80 / 27
                                                                 Proposai for a
                                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No . . .
                                                                      of . . .
                 fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the
                                              use of flax fibre for the 1993 / 94 marketing year
                                                                 ( 93 / C 80 / 17
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                    question in accordance with the criteria referred to in that
                                                                               paragraph ; whereas it is to be fixed in the light of trends on
                                                                               the market in flax , the amount of the aid for flax and the
                                                                               cost of the measures to be introduced ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community , and in particular Article 43
  thereof,
                                                                               Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails
                                                                               fixing the amount of aid and the portion of the aid to be
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                          used for financing measures to promote the use of flax fibre
                                                                               at the levels set out below ,
  Having      regard    to    the     opinion  of the     European
 Parliament ,
                                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
 Committee ,
 Whereas Articles 2 ( 3 ) and 4 ( 3 ) of Council Regulation                                               Article 1
 ( EEC ) No 1308 / 70 of 29 June 1970 on the common
 organization of the market in flax and hemp 0 ), as last
 amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No ( 2 ), provide that the aid                  For the 1993 / 94 marketing year , the aid provided for in
 and the amounts withheld are to be fixed in accordance                       Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1308 / 80 shall be:
 with the procedure laid down in Article 43 ( 2 ) of the
 Treaty ;                                                                      ( a ) as regards flax : ECU 785 / ha ,
 Whereas Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1308 / 70                          ( b ) as regards hemp : ECU 650 / ha .
 provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown mainly for
 fibre and for hemp grown in the Community are to be fixed
 each year ;
                                                                                                          Article 2
 Whereas Article 4 ( 2) of the said Regulation provides that
 the amount is to be so fixed per hectare of area sown and                    For the 1993 / 94 marketing year , the amount of the aid for
 harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume
                                                                              flax to be used to finance the measures to promote the use
 of production required in the Community and the amount                       of flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC )
 that can be marketed ; whereas it is to be fixed taking into                 No 1308 / 70 shall be : ECU 45 / ha .
 account the price for flax and hemp fibres and seed on the
 world market ;
 Whereas Article 2 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1308 / 70                                               Article 3
 provides that the portion of aid for financing Community
measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed at
 the time when the aid is fixed for the marketing year in                .    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                             European Communities .
( ! ) OJ No L 146 , 4 . 7 . 1970 , p . 1 .
( 2 ) See page 25 of rhis Official Journal .                                 It shall apply from 1 August 1 993 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at . . .
                                                                               For the Council