31978R0547

17 . 3 . 78 No L 75/7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 547 /78 of 16 March 1978 fixing the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed for the 1977 / 78 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Oils and Fats, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed ('), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Article 1 Whereas an average world market price for linseed must be determined each year according to the For the 1977/78 marketing year the average world criteria laid down in Council Regulation ( EEC) No market price for linseed shall be 15-770 units of 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for account per 100 kilograms. linseed (2 ) ;

Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect For the 1977/78 marketing year the indicative yields of linseed (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No for linseed shall be : 316/78 (4 ), provides that this average price is to be the arithmetic mean of the world market prices as referred (a) for seed flax : to in that Article recorded each week over a representa­ — 1 750 kilograms per hectare for flax produced tive period ; in the United Kingdom , in the Netherlands, Whereas the most representative period for the and in the French areas : marketing of Community linseed may be taken to be Aisne, Ardennes, Charente, Charente-Maritime, that from 22 August 1977 to 27 January 1978 ; Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Marne, Oise, Seine whereas this is therefore the period to be taken into et-Marne, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres, Somme, account ; Vendée, Vienne, Essonne, Val-d'Oise ; Whereas the application of all these provisions — 1 450 kilograms per hectare for flax produced produces the average world market price for linseed in the French areas : specified below ; Aube, Cher, Côte-d'Or, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 Loir-et-Cher, Nièvre, Yonne Allier, Haute provides that the subsidy is to be granted for a produc­ Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse : tion figure obtained by applying an indicative yield to — 1 000 kilograms per hectare for flax produced the areas sown and harvested ; whereas that yield must in the other areas of the Community. be determined by applying the criteria laid down in Regulations ( EEC) No 569 /76 and (EEC) No 1774/76 ; (b) for fibre flax :

Whereas, in accordance with Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regula­ ( 1 ) harvested, retted but not deseeded : tion (EEC) No 1799/76, the producer Member States — 950 kilograms per hectare for flax have supplied the Commission with the results of the produced in the Netherlands ; sampling, referred to in Article 2a (2) of that Regula­ — 925 kilograms per hectare for flax tion, regarding the yields per hectare of seed havested produced in Belgium and in the French from each of the types of flax referred to in Articles 7a areas : and 10a of the said Regulation in the homogeneous production areas ; whereas, on the basis of those Bailleul-NE, Bailleul-SO, Bergues, Bour­ results, the indicative yield for linseed should be that bourg, Cassel , Dunkerque-Est, Dunkerque specified below ; Ouest, Gravelines, Hazebrouck-Nord, Hazebrouck-Sud , Hondschoote, Merville, (») OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 29 . Steenvoorde, Wormhout, Armentières, (2) OJ No L 199 , 24. 7. 1976, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 201 , 27. 7 . 1976, p. 14. Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, Tourcoing-Nord, 4 OJ No L 46, 17. 2. 1978 , p. 14. Marquise, Calais-NO, Calais-SE, Guines,

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Aires-sur-Lys, Ardres, Audruicq , Lumbres, 1 100 kilograms per hectare for flax St Omer-Nord, St Omer-Sud ; produced in the other areas of the Commu­ — 700 kilograms per hectare for flax nity. produced in the other areas of the Commu­ nity. (2) harvested otherwise than retted but not Article 3 deseeded : — 1 250 kilograms per hectare for flax produced in the Netherlands and in the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Belgian areas West-Vlaanderen , Oost­ following its publication in the Official Journal of Vlaanderen and Antwerpen ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President