Council Regulation (EC) No 1536/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing the amounts of aid for flax fibre and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1995/96 marketing year

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1536/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing  the amounts of aid for flax fibre and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote  the use of flax fibre for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of  the market in flax and hemp (1), and in particular Articles 2 (3) and 4 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown  mainly for fibre and for hemp grown in the Community are to be fixed each year;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (2) of that Regulation, this amount shall be fixed per  hectare of area sown and harvested so as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production  required in the Community and the amount that can be marketed; whereas it must be fixed, taking  into account the price for fibres and flax and hemp seed on the world market;
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 provides that the portion of aid for financing  Community measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed when aid is fixed for the  marketing year in question in accordance with the criteria referred to in Article 2 (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 measures to be introduced;
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails fixing the amounts of aid and the  portions of the aid to be used for financing measures to promote the use of flax fibre at the level  set out below,