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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4027/87

of 23 December 1987

varying for the 1987/88 marketing year the closing date for the submission of harvest declarations for seedflax

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/87 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 9 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/87 (4), provides that every producer of seedfax shall by 15 December of each year submit a harvest declaration; whereas in certain Member States weather conditions have made it impossible to comply with this time limit in respect of the 1987/88 marketing year; whereas the date in question for that year should therefore be deferred until 31 January 1988;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. By way of a derogation form Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76, harvest declarations for seed flax for the 1987/88 marketing year may be submitted on 31 January 1988 at the latest.

2. The periods provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 9 (1) shall run from 31 January 1988.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 16 December 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29.

(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987.

(3) OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1976, p. 14.

(4) OJ No L 115, 1. 5. 1987, p. 26.