COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 880/93 of 15 April 1993 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed

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 2048/92 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,

Whereas an average world market price for linseed must be determined each year according to the criteria laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for linseed (3);

Whereas Article 4 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/92 (5), provides that this average price is to be the arithmetic mean of the world market prices as referred to in that Article and recorded each week over a representative period;

Whereas the most representative period for marketing of Community linseed may be taken to be that from 31 August 1992 to 28 February 1993; whereas this is therefore the period to be taken into account;

Whereas the application of all these provisions produces the average world market price for linseed specified below;

Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides that the subsidy is to be granted for a production figure obtained by applying an indicative yield to the areas sown and harvested; whereas that yield must be determined by applying the criteria laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 569/76 and (EEC) No 1774/76;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76, the producer Member States have supplied the Commission with the results of the sampling, carried out pursuant to Article 2a (2) of that Regulation, regarding the yields per hectare of seed harvested from each of the types of flax referred to in Articles 7a and 10a of the said Regulation in the homogeneous production areas; whereas, on the basis of those results, the indicative yield for linseed should be that specified below;

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

For the 1992/93 marketing year, the average world market price for linseed shall be ECU 15,086 per 100 kilograms.

Article 2

For the 1992/93 marketing year, the indicative yields for linseed and the relevant production zones shall be as specified in the Annex.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 15 April 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 199, 24. 7. 1976, p. 1.

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

(5) OJ No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 9.

ANNEX

Indicative yields (kilograms per hectare) and relevant production areas I. FIBRE FLAX

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II. SEED FLAX

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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 880/93 of 15 April 1993 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed

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