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( 1 ) OJ NO L 100 , 27 . 4 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 93 , 9 . 4 . 1979 , P . 49 .

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 4 AND 5 APRIL 1979 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1297/79

OF 25 JUNE 1979

FIXING THE AMOUNT OF AID IN RESPECT OF SILKWORMS FOR THE 1979/80 REARING YEAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 845/72 OF 24 APRIL 1972 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE SILKWORM REARING ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

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 A WAY AS TO HELP ENSURE A FAIR INCOME FOR SILKWORM REARERS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE STATE OF THE MARKET IN COCOONS AND RAW SILK , OF FORESEEABLE TRENDS ON THAT MARKET AND OF IMPORT POLICY ;

WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE CRITERIA ENTAILS FIXING THE AMOUNT OF AID AT A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT ADOPTED FOR THE PRECEDING MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1979/80 REARING YEAR , THE AMOUNT OF AID IN RESPECT OF SILKWORMS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 845/72 SHALL BE FIXED AT 67.50 ECU PER BOX OF SILKWORM EGGS USED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 APRIL 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 25 JUNE 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . LE THEULE