CELEX: 31974R1117
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1117/74 of the Council of 29 April 1974 fixing the amount of aid for flax and hemp for the 1974/75 marketing year

10 . 5 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 128 / 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1117/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 29 April 1974
                    fixing the amount of aid for flax and hemp for the 1974/75 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          on the world market and of the price for other
                                                                   competing natural products ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular Ar­                     Whereas for the 1973/74 marketing year the amount
ticle 43 thereof;                                                  of aid for flax produced in the United Kingdom and
                                                                   Denmark was fixed at a level lower than that appli­
                                                                   cable in the other Member States ; whereas, for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1974/75 marketing year, pursuant to Article 95 of
1308/70 (*) of 29 June 1970 on the common organi­                  the Act of Accession, the difference between the
zation of the market in flax and hemp, as amended                  amount of aid applicable in the United Kingdom and
by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article             the common level should be reduced, and the amount
4 (3 ) thereof;                                                    of aid applicable in Denmark should be fixed directly
                                                                   at that common level,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Parliament;
                                                                                          Sole Article
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ;
                                                                   For the 1974/75 marketing year the aid referred to
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70                   in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) 1308/70 shall be :
provides for the annual fixing of aid for flax and
hemp produced within the Community;                                 fa) as regards flax :
Whereas in accordance with Article 4 (2) of that                        — 92 units of account per hectare for the United
Regulation aid shall be fixed per hectare sown and                          Kingdom;
harvested so as to ensure a balance between the
                                                                        — 160 units of account per hectare for the other
required volume of production within the Commu­                             Member States ;
nity and the potential outlets for that production ;
whereas, when that aid is fixed account must be                    (b) as regards hemp, 135 units of account per hectare
taken of the price for flax and hemp fibres and seeds                   for all Member States.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1974.
                                                                                          For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                              J. ERTL
 (x) OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14.