CELEX: 31994R1878
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1878/94 of 27 July 1994 fixing the amounts of aid for flax fibre and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1994/95 marketing year

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31994R1878

Council Regulation (EC) No 1878/94 of 27 July 1994 fixing the amounts of aid for flax fibre and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1994/95 marketing year  

Official Journal L 197 , 30/07/1994 P. 0019 - 0019 Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 60 P. 0021  Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 60 P. 0021 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1878/94 of 27 July 1994 fixing the amounts of aid for flax fibre and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1994/95 marketing yearTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,  Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp (1), and in particular Articles 2 (3) and 4 (3) thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),  Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 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;  Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (2) of that Regulation, this amount shall be fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested so as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the amount that can be  marketed; whereas it must be fixed, taking into account the price for fibres and flax and hemp seed on the world market;  Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 provides that the portion of aid for financing Community measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed when aid is fixed for the marketing year in question in accordance with the criteria  referred to in Article 2 (3); 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;  Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails fixing the amounts of aid and the portions of the aid to be used for financing measures to promote the use of flax fibre at the level set out below,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:   Article 1  1.  For the 1994/95 marketing year, the amounts of aid provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be:  (a) ECU 774,86 per hectare as regards flax;  (b) ECU 641,60 per hectare as regards hemp.   Article 2  For the 1994/95 marketing year, the amount of the aid for flax to be used to finance the measures to promote the use of flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be ECU 44,42 per hectare.   Article 3  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  It shall apply from 1 August 1994.  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 27 July 1994.  For the Council The President Th. WAIGEL  (1) OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/93 (OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 26).(2) OJ No C 83, 19. 3. 1994, p. 24.(3) OJ No C 128, 9. 5. 1994.(4) OJ No C 148, 30. 5. 1994, p. 49.