CELEX: 51989PC0660(21)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE AID FOR FIBRE FLAX AND HEMP AND THE AMOUNTS WITHHELD TO FINANCE MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE USE OF FLAX FIBRE FOR THE 1990/91 MARKETING YEAR

28. 2. 90                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 49/29
                                                               Proposal for a
                                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                   of.. .
                   fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amounts withheld to finance measures to promote
                                          the use of flax fibre for the 1990/91 marketing year
                                                               (90/C 49/21)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Whereas Articles 79 and 246 of the Act of Accession establish
                                                                          the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for fibre flax and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     hemp in Spain and Portugal;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                                  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
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,              levels set out below,
and in particular Article 89 (1) and 234 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                                              Article 1
Committee,
                                                                          For the 1990/91 marketing year, the aid provided for in
                                                                          Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be:
Whereas Articles 2 (3) and 4 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization                     (a) as regards flax:
of the market in flax and hemp (*), as last amended by
                                                                                — ECU 263,59 per hectare for Spain and Portugal,
Regulation (EEC) No 3995/87 (2), provide that the aid and
the amounts withheld are to be fixed in accordance with the                     — ECU 375 per hectare for the other Member
procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty;                               States;
                                                                          (b) as regards hemp:
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
                                                                                — ECU 239,11 per hectare for Spain and Portugal,
provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown mainly for
fibre and for hemp grown in the Community are to be fixed                       — ECU 340 per hectare for the other Member
each year;                                                                          States.
Whereas Article 4 (2) of the said Regulation provides that the
amount is to be so fixed per hectare of area sown and                                                Article 2
harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume of
production required in the Community and the amount that                  For the 1990/91 marketing year, the amounts of the aid for
can be marketed; whereas it is to be fixed taking into account            flax to be used to finance the measures to promote the use of
the price for flax and hemp fibres and hemp seed on the world             flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
market, the price for other competing natural products and                1308/70 shall be:
the guide price for flax seed;
                                                                          — ECU 26,36 per hectare for Spain and Portugal,
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70                      — ECU 37,50 per hectare for the other Member States.
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 that paragraph;                                       Article 3
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                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
measures to be introduced;                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                          European Communities.
(') OJNoL 146,4.7. 1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 34.                                     It shall apply from 1 August 1990.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                For the Council