CELEX: 31977R1074
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1074/77 of 17 May 1977 fixing the amounts of aid for fibre flax and hemp for the 1977/78 marketing year

25 . 5 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 129 / 11
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1074/77
                                                            of 17 May 1977
               fixing the amounts of aid for fibre flax and hemp for the 1977/78 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           market, of the price for other competing natural
COMMUNITIES,                                                           products and of the guide price for linseed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       prices at levels higher than those adopted for the
thereof,                                                               preceding marketing year ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         Whereas, for the 1976/77 marketing year, the amount
1308 /70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organiza­                       of aid for flax grown mainly for fibre and produced in
tion of the market in flax and hemp ('), as last                       the United Kingdom was fixed at a level lower than
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 814/76 (2 ), and in                    that applicable in the other Member States ; whereas,
particular Article 4 (3) thereof,                                      for the 1977/78 marketing year, pursuant to Article 95
                                                                       of the Act of Accession , the amount of aid applicable
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                    in the United Kingdom should be brought closer to
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                   the common level ,
ment (3 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Social Committee (4 ),
                                                                                              Sole Article
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1308 /70
provides that the amount of aid for flax grown mainly                  For the 1977/78 marketing year, the aid provided for
for fibre and for hemp grown in the Community shall                    in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308 /70 shall be :
be fixed annually ;                                                    (a) as regards flax grown mainly for fibre :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (2) of that Regu­                    — 163 72 units of account per hectare for the
lation , this amount shall be fixed per hectare sown                          United Kingdom ,
and harvested so as to ensure a balance between the
                                                                           — 194-76 units of account per hectare for the
required volume of production within the Community                            other Member States ;
and the potential outlets for that production ; whereas,
when it it is fixed, account must be taken of the price                (b) as regards hemp, 176-88 units of account per
for flax and hemp fibres and seeds on the world                            hectare for all Member States .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 May 1977 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                       J. SILK1N
(■) OJ No L    146, 4 . 7 . 1970, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L   94, 9 . 4. 1976, p . 4 .
(3 ) OJ . No C 93 , 18 . . 4 . 1977, p. 1 1 .
     OJ No C   77, 30 . 3 . 1977, p. 15 .