31977R0866

No L 106/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 4. 77

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 866/77 of 26 April 1977 fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworms for the 1977/78 rearing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN such a way as to help ensure a fair income for silk­ COMMUNITIES, worm rearers, taking into account the state of the market in cocoons and raw silk, of foreseeable trends Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European on that market and of import policy ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing the amount of aid at a level equal to that adopted for the Having regard to Council Regulation , (EEC) No proceeding marketing year, 845/72 of 24 April 1 972 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing (•), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ For the 1977/78 rearing year, the amount of aid in ment (2), respect of silkworms as referred to in Article 2 of Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 shall be fixed at 40-20 Social Committee (3 ), units of account per box of silkworms eggs used.

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 A rticle 2 provides that the amount of aid for silkworms reared within the Community must be fixed each year in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 1977. For the Council The President J. SILKIN

(') OJ No L 100, 27. 4. 1972, p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No C 93 , 18 . 4. 1977, p . 11 . (}) OJ No C 77, 30 . 3 . 1977, p . 15.