CELEX: 51984PC0020(29)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) 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 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR

No C 62/26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               5.3.84
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC)                                                 Article 2
No 2169/81 provides that the Council shall each
year fix a minimum price for unginned cotton;                  The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to
whereas that price must be fixed so as to guarantee            unginned cotton which meets the criteria referred to
sales for producers at a price as close as possible to         in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . fix-
the guide price, taking into account market fluctua-           ing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price
tions and the cost of transporting unginned cotton             for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for
from the production areas to the ginning areas;                which the aid may be granted in full (').
Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned                The said price shall relate to goods at the farm gate.
objective, this minimum price must be fixed for a
well-defined standard quality and marketing stage,
                                                                                          Article 3
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                of the European Communities.
                        Article 1                               It shall apply from 1 September 1984.
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the minimum price              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
for unginned cotton referred to in Article 9 (1) of            directly applicable in all Member States.
Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 90,32 ECU
per 100 kilograms.                                             (')   See page 25 of this Official Journal.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation 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
                                                 1984/85 marketing year
                                                      (84/C 62/27)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
COMMUNITIES,                                                    liament,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
                                                                Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
pean Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                Social Committee,
Article 43 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                      Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
 No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organ-                provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown
ization of the market in flax and hemp ('), as last             mainly for fibre and for hemp grown in the Com-
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1430/82 (2), and                 munity are to be fixed each year;
in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
                                                                Whereas Article 4 (2) provides that the amount is to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                      be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested
 No 1423/82 of 18 May 1982 concerning measures to               as to ensure an even balance between the volume of
 promote the use of fibre flax for the marketing years          production required in the Community and the
 from 1982/83 to 1986/87 (3), and in particular the             amount that can be marketed; whereas it is to be
 second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) thereof,                  fixed taking into account the price for flax and
                                                                hemp fibres and hemp seed on the world market, the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                 price for other competing natural products and the
 sion,                                                          guide price for flax seed;
 (') OJ No L 146,4. 7. 1970, p. 1.                              Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of
 O OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 27.
 (3) OJ No L 162, 12.6. 1982, p. 19.                             Regulation (EEC) No 1423/82 provides that for
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marketing years subsequent to the 1982/83 market-                 — 364 ECU per hectare for the other Member
ing year the portion of aid for financing Community                    States;
measures to encourage the use of fibre flax is to be
fixed at the time when the aid is fixed for the mar-         (b) as regards hemp:
keting year in question; whereas it is to be fixed in
the light of trends on the market in flax, the amount             —    165,29 ECU per hectare for Greece,
of the aid for flax and the cost of the measures to be            — 330,58 ECU per hectare for the other Mem-
introduced;                                                            ber States.
Whereas Article 68 of the 1979 Act of Accession laid
down the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for                                   Article 2
fibre flax and for hemp in Greece;
                                                              For the 1984/85 marketing year, the following por-
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria           tions of the aid for flax shall be used to finance the
entails fixing the amount of aid and the portion of          measures to promote the use of fibre flax referred to
the aid to be used for financing measures to pro-            in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1423/82:
mote the use of fibre flax at the levels set out below,
                                                             — for Greece: 11,83 ECU per hectare,
                                                             — for the other Member States: 23,66 ECU per
                                                                  hectare.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                     A rticle 3
                        Article 1
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                             day following its publication in the Official Journal
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the aid provided             of the European Communities.
for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
shall be:                                                    It shall apply from 1 August 1984.
(a) as regards flax:
                                                             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     —    182 ECU per hectare for Greece,                    directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworms for
                                               the 1984/85 rearing year
                                                     (84/C 62/28)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
COMMUNITIES,                                                  liament,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-            Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
pean Economic Community, and in particular                    Social Committee,
Article 43 thereof,
                                                              Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  provides that the amount of aid for silkworms
845/72 of 24 April 1972 laying down special                   reared within the Community must be fixed each
measures to encourage silkworm rearing ('), and in            year in such a way as to help ensure a fair income
particular Article 2 (3) thereof,                             for silkworm rearers, taking into account the state of
                                                              the market in cocoons and raw silk, of foreseeable
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                trends on that market and of import policy;
sion,
                                                              Whereas Article 68 of the 1979 Act of Accession lays
                                                              down the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for
 (')  OJNoLlOO, 27.4. 1972, p. 1.                             silkworms in Greece;