31978R1121

No L 142/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 5 . 78

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1121 /78 of 22 May 1978

fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworms for the 1978/79 rearing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas application of these criteria entails fixing the amount of aid at a level higher than that adopted for the preceding marketing year, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 April 1972 laying down special measures to en­ courage silkworm rearing ( x), and in particular Article 2 (3 ) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, For the 1978 /79 rearing year, the amount of aid in Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ respect of silkworms as referred to in Article. 2 of Regu­ ment (2), lation (EEC) No 845/72 shall be fixed at 55 units of account per box of silkworm eggs used. Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3 ),

Article 2 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 provides that the amount of aid for silkworms reared within the Community must be fixed each year in such This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its a way as to help ensure a fair income for silkworm publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . rearers, taking into account the state of the market in cocoons and raw silk, of foreseeable trends on that market and of import policy; It shall apply from 1 April 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 1978 .

For the Council

The President

K. HEINESEN

(*) OJ No L 100, 27. 4. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No C 85 , 10. 4. 1978 , p. 31 . (3) OJ No C 101 , 26 . 4. 1978 , p. 10 .