31977R1495

5 . 7. 77 No L 167/7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1495/77

of 4 July 1977

varying for the 1977/78 marketing year the closing date for the submission of declarations of areas sown to flax and hemp

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN certain Member States administrative difficulties have COMMUNITIES, made it impossible to comply with this time limit in respect of the 1 977/78 marketing year ; whereas the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European date in question for that year should therefore be Economic Community, deferred until 15 July 1977 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organiza­ are in accordance with the opinions of the Manage­ tion of the market in flax and hemp (J ), as amended ment Committees for Flax and Hemp and for Oils by Regulation (EEC) No 814/76 (2), and in particular and Fats, Article 4 (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (3), and in particular Article 2 (4) Article 1 thereof, By way of derogation from Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation Whereas Article 4 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 77 MlA and from Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 771 /74 of 29 March 1974 laying down (EEC) No 1799/76, declarations in respect of the detailed rules for granting aid for flax and hemp (4), as 1977/78 marketing year of areas sown to flax and last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 309/76 (5), and hemp shall be submitted not later than 15 July 1977. Article 8 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules Article 2 for the application of special measures in respect of linseed (6), provide that every producer of flax and This Regulation shall enter into force on the day hemp shall by 15 June of each year submit a declara­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tion of the areas sown by him that year ; whereas in the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1976, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 29 . («) OJ No L 92, 3. 4. 1974, p. 13 . (5) OJ No L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 25. (*) OJ No L 201 , 27. 7. 1976, p. 14.