31977R1168

No L 137 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 6 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1168 / 77 of 17 May 1977 fixing, for the 1977/78 marketing year, the amounts of aid granted for seeds

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN (EEC) No 2358/71 and which will be marketed during COMMUNITIES , the 1977/78 marketing year do not ensure fair returns for the producer ; whereas part of the production costs Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European should be offset by aid ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that, when the aid is being fixed, account Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No must be taken of, on the one hand, the need to ensure 2358 /71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organiza­ a balance between the volume of production required tion of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by in the Community and the possible outlets for that Regulation (EEC) No 11 67/77 (2), and in particular production and, on the other, the price of the Article 3 (3) thereof, products concerned on external markets, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ment (3 ), Sole Article Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4), For the 1977/78 marketing year, the amounts of the Whereas the market situation within the Community aid granted for seeds provided for in Article 3 of Regu­ and the foreseeable market trends with regard to the lation (EEC) No 2358 /71 shall be as shown in the seeds which are listed in the Annex to Regulation Annex hereto .

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. SILKIN

(') OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal (3 ) OJ No C 93, 18 . 4. 1977, p . 11 . H OJ No C 77, 30. 3 . 1977, p . 15 .

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ANNEX

CCT Amount heading Description of goods of aid No in u.a ./ 1 00 kg ex 12.01 A Linum usitatissimum L. partim (textile flax) 131 Linum usitatissimum L. partim (linseed) 101 Cannabis sativa L. (monoica) 90 1 . GRAMINEAE ex 1 2.03 C Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) J. and C. Presi . 31-2 Dactylis glomerata L. 27-1 Festuca arundinacea Schreb . 27-1 Festuca ovina L. 191 Festuca pratensis Huds . 21-1 Festuca rubra L. 18-1 Lolium multiflorum Lam . 111 Lolium perenne L. : — of high persistence, late or medium late 17-1 — new varieties and others 131 — of low persistence, medium late, medium early or early 101 Lolium x Lybridum Hausskn . 11-1 Phleum pratense L. 33-2 Poa nemoralis L. 191 Poa pratensis L. 191 Poa trivialis L. 191 2 . LEGUMINOSAE ex 07.05 A I Pisum arvense L. 4-0 ex 07.05 A III Vicia faba L. ssp . faba var . equina Pers. 40 Vicia faba L. var. minor (Peterm .) bull 4-0 ex 12.03 C Medicago sativa L. (ecotypes) 8-0 Medicago sativa L. (varieties) 13-1 Trifolium pratense L. 22-1 Trifolium repens L. 24-1 Trifolium repens L. var. giganteum 25-1 Vicia sativa L. 14-1