Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/94 of 27 June 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1469/94 of 27 June 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1380/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/93 (2), and in particular Article 4 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 (a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2095/93 (4), lays down, inter alia, that the aid is to be granted only in respect of areas harvested, on condition that normal cultivation work  has been carried out; whereas, if the aid scheme is to operate properly, a definition should be given of what is meant by harvest, on the one hand, and on the other only those cultivation practices which seek to valorize almost the whole of the product  cultivated should be accepted;
Whereas pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70, the amount of aid for flax is to be varied by applying coefficients to be fixed on the one hand for retted, non-deseeded flax and, on the other, for flax other  than retted, non-deseeded flax; whereas these two cultivation methods must be distinguishable; whereas this can be achieved by requiring the applicant to state in his aid application which method of cultivation he has chosen; whereas, in order to avoid  the risk of fraudulent applications, the checking of such applications should be facilitated, and penalties should be imposed on operators who have submitted irregular aid applications;
Whereas Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 contains a list of varieties of flax grown mainly for fibre so that those varieties can be distinguished from non-fibre varieties; whereas, as a result of the use of new flax varieties grown mainly for  fibre, the said Annex should be supplemented; whereas, moreover, in order to prevent the use of varieties which now appear only in the common catalogue of agricultural species, provision should be made for such varieties to be deleted from Annex A with  effect from future sowings;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,