CELEX: 51989PC0040(17)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE AMOUNTS OF AID FOR FIBRE FLAX AND HEMP AND THE AMOUNTS WITHHELD TO FINANCE MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE USE OF FLAX FIBRE FOR THE 1989/90 MARKETING YEAR

3. 4. 89                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 82/21
must be fixed for the quality to which the guide price relates        (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 91,23 ecus/100 kg. That price
and must apply at the farm gate;                                     shall apply to goods at the farm gate.
Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                                                Article 3
results in fixing of the maximum guaranteed quantity and
the minimum price at the levels given below,                         The quantity fixed in Article 1 and the price fixed in Article
                                                                     2 shall be for unginned cotton meeting the quality indicated
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No ... fixing the guide
                                                                     price for unginned cotton for the 1989/90 marketing
                                                                     year ( ! ).
                           Article 1
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the maximum guaranteed                                          Article 4
quantity of cotton provided for in Article 2(1) of                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 shall be 752 000 tonnes.                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
                           Article 2                                 It shall apply from 1 September 1989.
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the minimum price for
unginned cotton provided for in Article 9(1) of Regulation           (i) OJ No L ...
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at...
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                         Proposal for a
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                               of...
                  fixing the amounts of aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amounts withheld to finance
                          measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1989/90 marketing year
                                                          (89/C 82/17)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             flax and hemp (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     3995/87 (2), and in particular Articles 2(3) and 4(3) thereof,
                                                                     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
                                                                     Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                     Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Committee,
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89(1) and 234(2)
thereof,                                                             Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
                                                                     provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown mainly for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of              (!) OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1.
29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in             (2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 34.
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fibre and for hemp grown in the Community are to be fixed          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
each year;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Article 4(2) of the said Regulation provides that          For the 1989/90 marketing year, the aid provided for in
the amount is to be so fixed per hectare of area sown and          Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be:
harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume          (a) as regards flax:
of production required in the Community and the amount
that can be marketed; whereas it is to be fixed taking into            — 207,89 ecus per hectare for Spain and Portugal,
account the price for flax and hemp fibres and hemp seed
on the world market, the price for other competing natural             — 375 ecus per hectare for the other Member States;
products and the guide price for flax seed;                        (b) as regards hemp:
                                                                       — 188,66 ecus per hectare for Spain and Portugal,
Whereas Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70                    — 340 ecus per hectare for the other Member States.
provides that the portion of aid for financing Community
measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed at
                                                                                              Article 2
the time when the aid is fixed for the marketing year in
question in accordance with the criteria referred to in that      For the 1989/90 marketing year, the amounts of the aid for
paragraph; whereas it is to be fixed in the light of trends on    flax to be used to finance the measures to promote the use
the market in flax, the amount of the aid for flax and the        of flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
cost of the measures to be introduced;                             1308/70 shall be:
                                                                  — 20,79 ecus per hectare for Spain and Portugal,
Whereas Articles 79 and 246 of the Act of Accession
                                                                  — 37,50 ecus per hectare for the other Member States.
establish the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for fibre
flax and hemp in Spain and Portugal;
                                                                                              Article 3
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
fixing the amount of aid and the portion of the aid to be         European Communities.
used for financing measures to promote the use of flax fibre
at the levels set out below,                                      It shall apply from 1 August 1989.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at...
                                                                                  For the Council