CELEX: 31978R0547
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 547/78 of 16 March 1978 fixing the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed for the 1977/78 marketing year

17 . 3 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 75/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 547/78
                                                         of 16 March 1978
                 fixing the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed for the
                                                      1977/78 marketing year
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special
 measures for linseed ('), and in particular Article 2 (4)
 thereof,
                                                                                               Article 1
 Whereas an average world market price for linseed
 must be determined each year according to the                       For the 1977/78 marketing year the average world
 criteria laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No                   market price for linseed shall be 15-770 units of
  1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for                   account per 100 kilograms.
 linseed (2 ) ;
 Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                                              Article 2
 No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed
 rules for the application of special measures in respect
 of linseed (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  For the 1977/78 marketing year the indicative yields
                                                                    for linseed shall be :
 316/78 (4), provides that this average price is to be the
 arithmetic mean of the world market prices as referred             (a) for seed flax :
 to in that Article recorded each week over a representa­
 tive period ;                                                          — 1 750 kilograms per hectare for flax produced
                                                                              in the United Kingdom, in the Netherlands,
Whereas the most representative period for the                                and in the French areas :
 marketing of Community linseed may be taken to be                            Aisne, Ardennes, Charente, Charente-Maritime,
 that from 22 August 1977 to 27 January 1978 ;                                Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Marne, Oise, Seine
whereas this is therefore the period to be taken into                         et-Marne, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres, Somme,
 account ;
                                                                              Vendée, Vienne, Essonne, Val-d'Oise ;
Whereas the application of all these provisions                         — 1 450 kilograms per hectare for flax produced
 produces the average world market price for linseed                          in the French areas :
 specified below ;
                                                                              Aube, Cher, Côte-d'Or, Indre, Indre-et-Loire,
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/76                           Loir-et-Cher, Nièvre, Yonne Allier, Haute
 provides that the subsidy is to be granted for a produc­                     Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse :
tion figure obtained by applying an indicative yield to                 — 1 000 kilograms per hectare for flax produced
the areas sown and harvested ; whereas that yield must                        in the other areas of the Community.
be determined by applying the criteria laid down in
Regulations (EEC) No 569/76 and (EEC) No 1774/76 ;                  (b) for fibre flax :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regula­                 ( 1 ) harvested, retted but not deseeded :
tion (EEC) No 1799/76, the producer Member States                             — 950 kilograms per hectare for flax
have supplied the Commission with the results of the                              produced in the Netherlands ;
sampling, referred to in Article 2a (2) of that Regula­
tion, regarding the yields per hectare of seed havested                       — 925 kilograms per hectare for flax
from each of the types of flax referred to in Articles 7a                         produced in Belgium and in the French
                                                                                  areas :
and 10a of the said Regulation in the homogeneous
production areas ; whereas, on the basis of those                                 Bailleul-NE, Bailleul-SO, Bergues, Bour­
results, the indicative yield for linseed should be that                          bourg, Cassel, Dunkerque-Est, Dunkerque
specified below ;                                                                 Ouest,     Gravelines,   Hazebrouck-Nord,
                                                                                  Hazebrouck-Sud , Hondschoote, Merville,
(») OJ    No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 29 .                                         Steenvoorde,     Wormhout,    Armentières,
(2) OJ    No  L 199 , 24. 7. 1976, p. 1 .
(3) OJ    No  L 201 , 27. 7 . 1976, p. 14.                                        Quesnoy-sur-Deûle,        Tourcoing-Nord,
 4  OJ    No  L 46, 17. 2. 1978 , p. 14.                                          Marquise, Calais-NO, Calais-SE, Guines,
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          Aires-sur-Lys, Ardres, Audruicq, Lumbres,                    1 100 kilograms per hectare for flax
          St Omer-Nord, St Omer-Sud ;                                  produced in the other areas of the Commu­
      — 700 kilograms per hectare for flax                             nity.
          produced in the other areas of the Commu­
          nity.
  (2) harvested      otherwise than   retted  but  not
                                                                                   Article 3
      deseeded :
      — 1 250 kilograms per hectare for flax
          produced in the Netherlands and in the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
          Belgian areas West-Vlaanderen , Oost­             following its publication in the Official Journal of
          Vlaanderen and Antwerpen ;                        the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 16 March 1978 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Vice-President