CELEX: 51972PC1524
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-08
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organization of the market in seeds and Regulation (EEC) no 1674/72 laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for seeds (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(72)1524 final
                                                 Brussels . 8 December 1972
                              Proposal for a
                       REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
 amending the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2358/71 on the common orga­
 nization of the market in seeds and Regulation ( EEC ) no 1674/72
 laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for seeds
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COK(72 ) 1524 final
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
         By virtue of Article 3 ( l) of Council Directive of 30 June 1969 on the
  marketing of seed of oil and. fibre plants ( l), flax seeds , intended for the
  production of textile fibre , may not be marketed unless they have been
  officially certified as "basic seeds " or " certified seeds ".
         These seeds are quite costly to produce . The breeder's expenses are
  high because outlets are relatively few in number , total Community require­
  ments amounting only to about 60.000 quintals a year . Moreover .the return
• on seeds is small . One quintal sown may yield at the most 8 to 10 quintals
  of seed and marketing is only authorized up to the second generation (R 2) .
  Finally the harvesting of these seeds treated as a by-product of the
  production of textile fibre involves delicate and burdensome handling what­
  ever the process employed (boiling or recovering the seed during dry or wet
  retting) .
         Because of the higher cost of certified seeds , growers all too often
  use poor quality seed grown by themselves and this has unfortunate results
  on the production of textile fibre , both as regards quantity and quality.
  ( 1) OJ No L It 9 , . 10 July 1969 . P. 3
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         On several occasions the Commission has received requests , both from
  recognized growers and from certain government authorities , for adding
  flax to the list in the Annex to Regulation No 2358/71 on the common
  organization of the market in seeds ( 2) in order that aid may he granted
  for the production of flax seeds .
         The Commission considers that this request should he entertained
  ajid that a moderate measure of aid for the production of these seeds
  would , by reducing the cost price proportionately , be a powerful incentive
  towards their more widespread use . The pricipal Regulation No 2358/71
  should therefore be amended in accordance with Article 3 ( 4). Council
  Regulation ( EEC) No 1674/72 of 2 August 1972 , laying down general rules
  for granting and financing aid for seed ( 3)» which to date has only bean
' concerned with fodder plant seed , should also be amended by adding a
                                       .
  referenoe therein to the 1969 Directive on seeds of oil and fibre plants .
         The attaohed proposal provides accordingly.
  ( 2) OJ No L 246 , 5 November 1971 » P* 1
  ( 3) OJ No L 177 , 4 August 1972 , p. 1 .
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                               Proposal for a
                         RECKJLATION ( EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
       amending the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 2358/71 on the common
       organization of the market in seeds and Regulation ( EEC) No 1674/72
       laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for seeds
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
       Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economio
Community |
       Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2358/71 ( l) of 26 October
1971 on the common organizsation of the market in seeds and in particular
Article 3 ( 4) thereof ;
       Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission !
       Whereas Council Direct iva of 30 June 1969 ( 2) on the marketing of seed
of oil and fibre plants , as last amended by the Directive of 20 July 1972 ( 3)
lays down in Article 3 ( l) that the seeds of Linum usitatissimum L. partim –
flax may only be marketed if officially certified as "basic seeds " or
"certified seeds"j
       Whereas the production of certified seeds is particularly costly to
the breeder because of the limited market , and to the seed grower because
of the poor return on seeds and of the problems involved in ripplingj
whereas therefore growers too often use poor quality seeds grown by themselra
( 1) OJ No L 246 , 5 November 1971 , p. 1
( 2) OJ No L 169 , 10 July 1969 , p. 3
( 3) OJ No L 171 , 27 July 1972 , p. 37
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       Whereas provision should therefore be niade giving an incentive by way
of grant in aid , to the production of certified flax seeds ? whereas to this
intent this product should be included in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC)
No 2358/71 J
       Whereas it is also necessary to amend Article 1 ( l), first indent , of
Council Regulation ( EEC) 1674/72 ( 4) of 2 August 1972 laying down general
rules for granting and financing aid for seed , by adding to it a reference
to the Directive referred to above ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s
( 4) OJ No L 177 » 4 August 1972 , p. 1 .
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                                   Article 1
       The Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 2358/71 is amended by addition of the
following heading :
CCT
heading                        Description of goods
No
             !
             !
ex 12.01     !    Linum usitatissimum L. partim                       Flax
                                  Article 2
       Article 1 ( l) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1674/72 is amended "by deleting the
first indent and substituting therefor the following i
       " - as defined in the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 ( 5) on the
           marketing of fodder plant seed and by the Council Directive of
           30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants ,
           as last amended by the Council Directive of 20 July 1972 ."
                                  Article 3
       This Regulation shall apply from 1 July 1973 .
       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                                      For the Counoil
                                                      , The Preâident
( 5) OJ No L 25 , 11 July 1966 , p. 2298/66