31978R0316

No L 46/ 14 17 . 2 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 316/78 of 16 February 1978 amending the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 as regards the coefficients of equivalence for linseed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN both linseed and linseed oil, which served as the basis COMMUNITIES , for fixing the current coefficients of equivalence, have changed considerably since the beginning of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1977/78 marketing year ; whereas new coefficients of Economic Community, equivalence for linseed should therefore be fixed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No which take the new situation into account ; 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation measures for linseed ('), and in particular Article 2 (4) are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ thereof, ment Committee for Oils and Fats, Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for linseed (2), coefficients of equival­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ence for linseed have been fixed in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799 /76 of 22 July Article 1 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed (3), as last For purposes of the fixing of the average world market amended by Regulation (EEC) No 37/78 (4) ; price for linseed for the 1977/78 and subsequent Whereas the quality of linseed delivered by the major marketing years, the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No producing third countries as well as the prices for 1799/76 is hereby amended to read as follows :

(u.a. / 100 kg)

Coefficients of equivalence

Amount to be deducted Amount to be added from the price to the price

Linseed from — Canada 0034 — the United States 0-520 — Argentina 1-387

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 February 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 29 . (2) OJ No L 199, 24. 7. 1976, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 201 , 27. 7. 1976, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 7, 10 . 1 . 1978 , p. 7.