CELEX: 31975R0663
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 663/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 fixing the amount of aid for flax and hemp for the 1975/76 marketing year

No L 72/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            20 . 3 . 75
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 663/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 4 March 1975
                   fixing the amount of aid for flax and hemp for the 1975/76 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           seeds on the world market and of the price for other
                                                                    competing natural products ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                     Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing
 Article 43 thereof;                                                prices at levels higher than those adopted for the
                                                                    preceding marketing year ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC )
 No 1308/70 ( 1 ) of 29 June 1970 on the common                     Whereas for the 1974/75 marketing year the amount
 organization of the market in flax and hemp, as                    of aid for flax produced in the United Kingdom
 amended by the Act of Accession (2 ), and in                       was fixed at a level lower than that applicable in
particular Article 4 (3 ) thereof ;                                 the other Member States ; whereas, for the 1975/76
                                                                    marketing year, pursuant to Article 95 of the Act
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                of Accession, the amount of aid applicable in the
                                                                    United Kingdom, should be brought closer to the
                                                                    common level,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
 Social Committee;                                                                         Sole Article
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70                    For the 1975/76 marketing year the aid referred to
provides that the amount of aid for flax and hemp                   in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) 1308/70 shall be :
produced within the Community shall be fixed
annually;                                                           ( a) as regards flax :
                                                                         — 128-20 units of account per hectare for the
"Whereas in accordance with Article 4 (2) of that                            United Kingdom ;
Regulation this amount shall be fixed per hectare
sown and harvested so as              to ensure    a  balance            — 188-15 units of account per hectare for the
between the required volume of production within                             other Member States ;
the Community and the potential outlets for that
production ; whereas, when it is fixed, account must                (b ) as regards hemp, 16L90 units of account per
be taken of the price for flax and hemp fibres and                       hectare for all Member States .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                  M. A. CLINTON
O OJ No L 146, 4. 7 1970 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14