CELEX: 51995PC0020
Language: en
Date: 1995-02-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 620/71 laying down outline provisions for contracts for the sale of flax and hemp straw

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                       COM(95) 20 final
                                       Brussels, 08.02.1995
                          Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
       amending Regulation (EEC) No 620/71 laying down
            outline provisions for contracts for
               the sale of flax and hemp straw
                  (presented by the Commission)
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Article  4a of   Regulation  (EEC) No   620/71 states that  contracting
   parties must indicate in sales contracts for flax that the selling
   price takes account of the guide price for linseed referred to in
   Regulation (EEC) No 569/76.
2. The aid scheme for linseed introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 has
   been discontinued. Article 4a of Regulation     (EEC) No 620/71 should
   therefore be repealed to remove all references to the guide price from
   that Regulation.
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                                   Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
                 amending Regulation (EEC) No 620/71 laying down
                       outline provisions for contracts for
                          the sale of flax and hemp straw
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1979 on the
common organization of the market in flax and hemp(^), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2)t and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^3),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4a of Council Regulation           (EEC) No 620/71 of
22 March 1971( 4 ), as last amended by Regulation        (EEC) No 1776/76<5>, the
contracting parties must       indicate  in sales contracts     for flax that the
selling price takes account of the guide price for linseed referred to in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down
special    measures   for  linseed*6),   as  last   amended  by   Regulation  (EEC)
No 2048/92<7>;
Whereas the aid scheme for linseed introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 569/76
was replaced by that introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of
30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable
crops( 8 ),  as last amended by Regulation       (EC) No   920/94<9); whereas the
abovementioned Article 4a should therefore be repealed,
(1)  OJ   No L 146, 4.7.1979, p. 1.
(2)  OJ   No L 349, 31.12.1994, p.
(3)  OJ   No C
(4)  OJ   No L 72, 26.3.1971, p. 4.
(5)  OJ   No L 199, 24.7.1976, p. 4.
(6)  OJ   No L 67, 15.3.1976, p. 29.
(7)  OJ   No L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 5.
(8)  OJ   NO L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12.
(9)  OJ   No L 106, 27.4.1994, p. 14.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 620/71 is hereby repealed.
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the official Journal of the European Communities.          V
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member states.
Don* at Brussels,                                     For the Council
 ---pagebreak---        FINANCIAL STATEMENT
       BUDGET HEADING:                                                                   APPROPRIATIONS:
       B1-140 Fibre flax and hemp                                                        ECU 85 million
       TITLE:
       Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 620/71 laying down outline provisions for contracts
       for the sale of flax and hemp straw.
       LEGAL BASIS:
       Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
       AIMS:
       To adjust the conditions governing contracts for the sale of flax straw so as to take account of the legislative
       amendments made in relation to flax seed/linseed.
       FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:                                PERIOD OF 12                CURRENT              FOLLOWING
                                                                  MONTHS                 FINANCIAL              FINANCIAL
                                                                                            YEAR                   YEAR
                                                                                             (94)                    (95)
                                                                (ECU million)           (ECU million)          (ECU million)
5.0.    EXPENDITURE
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)                                      NIL                     NIL                     NIL
       - NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
       -OTHER
5.1.   REVENUE
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
       - NATIONAL
                                                                  1997             1998              1999               2000
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                                      NIL              NIL               NIL                NIL
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2.   METHOD OF CALCULATION:
6.0.   CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT
       CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
6.1.   CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT
       BUDGET?
6.2.   WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
6.3.   WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?
OBSERVATIONS
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