CELEX: 51984PC0020(21)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING THE GUIDE PRICE FOR FLAX SEED FOR THE 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR

No C 62/20                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                5.3.84
             Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the guide price for flax seed for the 1984/85
                                                    marketing year
                                                     (84/C 62/19)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas in accordance with these criteria the guide
COMMUNITIES,                                                  price should be fixed at a higher level than that
                                                              adopted for the preceding marketing year;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
pean Economic Community, and in particular                    Whereas the guide price must be fixed for a stan-
Article 43 thereof,                                           dard quality to be determined by reference to the
                                                              average quality of seeds harvested in the Com-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                     munity; whereas the quality laid down for the
No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special                1983/84 marketing year meets this requirement and
measures for flax seed ( l ), and in particular Article 1     can accordingly be used for the following marketing
(1) and (3) thereof,                                          year,
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
sion,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                      For the 1984/85 marketing year, the guide price for
                                                              flax seed shall be 55,41 ECU per 100 kilograms.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, when the guide price for flax seed is fixed          The price referred to in Article 1 relates to seed:
on an annual basis, account should be taken both of
the objectives of the common agricultural policy              — in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable
and of the contribution which the Community                         quality and,
desires to make to the harmonious development of
world trade; whereas the objectives of the common             — with an impurity content of 2 % and, for seeds
agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair            as such, humidity and oil contents of 9 and 38 %
standard of living for the agricultural community                   respectively.
and to ensure that supplies are available and reach
consumers at reasonable prices;
                                                                                         Article 3
 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides more specifi-
                                                               day following its publication in the Official Journal
cally that this price shall be fixed at a level which is
                                                               of the European Communities.
 fair to producers, account being taken of the supply
 requirements of the Community; whereas to this
 end, a balanced relationship should be maintained             It shall apply from 1 August 1984.
between this price and the price of other oil seeds;
                                                               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(')   OJNoL67, 15.3. 1976, p. 29.                              directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guarantee
                   threshold for colza, rape and sunflower seed and certain factors relating thereto
                                                      (84/C 62/20)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of
                                                               a common organization of the market in oils and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-            fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 pean Economic Community,                                      (')   OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.