CELEX: 51996PC0044(12)
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No ... fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1996/97 marketing year

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51996PC0044(12)

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No ... fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1996/97 marketing year  /* COM/96/0044 FINAL - CNS 96/0064 */  

Official Journal C 125 , 27/04/1996 P. 0022

Proposal for  aCOUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . . of . . . fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the  use of flax fibre for the 1996/97 marketing year(96/C 125/12)96/0064(CNS)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 June 1970 on the common organization of the  market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No . . . (2), and in particular  Articles 2 (3) and 4 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown  mainly for fibre and for hemp grown in the Community are to be fixed each year; Whereas Article 4 (2) of the said Regulation provides that the amount is to be so fixed per hectare  of area sown and harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production required  in the Community and the amount that can be marketed; whereas it is to be fixed taking into account  the price for flax and hemp fibres and seed on the world market; Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 provides that the portion of aid for financing  Community measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed at the time when the aid is  fixed for the marketing year in question in accordance with the criteria referred to in the said  paragraph; whereas it is to be fixed in the light of trends on the market in flax, the amount of  the aid for flax and the cost of the measures to be introduced; Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails fixing the amount of aid and the portion  of the aid to be used for financing measures to promote the use of flax fibre at the levels set out  below, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1996/97 marketing year, the aid provided for in Article 4 of  Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be: a) as regards flax: ECU 935,65/ha; b) as regards hemp: ECU 774,79/ha. Article 2 For the 1996/97 marketing year, the amount of the aid for flax to be used to finance  the measures to promote the use of flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No  1308/70 shall be: ECU 53,64/ha. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in  the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 August 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at . . . For the Council. . . (1) OJ No L 146 , 4. 7. 1970, p. 1. (2) See page 20 of this Official Journal