31979R1584

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 160 , 17 . 7 . 1971 , P . 1 .

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

( 3 ) OJ NO C 171 , 9 . 7 . 1979 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1584/79

OF 24 JULY 1979

FIXING THE AMOUNT OF AID FOR COTTON SEED FOR THE 1979/80 MARKETING 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 1516/71 OF 12 JULY 1971 INTRODUCING A SYSTEM OF SUBSIDIES FOR COTTON SEED ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 ( 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 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1516/71 PROVIDES THAT THE AMOUNT OF AID BE FIXED ANNUALLY FOR COTTON SEED PRODUCED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SO AS TO ENSURE A FAIR INCOME FOR THE PRODUCER , TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE MARKET SITUATION AND FORSEEABLE MARKET TRENDS ;

WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE CRITERIA ENTAILS FIXING THE AMOUNT OF AID AT A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT ADOPTED FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1979/80 MARKETING YEAR , THE AMOUNT OF THE AID FOR COTTON SEED AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1516/71 SHALL BE 133.38 ECU PER HECTARE .

ARTICLE 2

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 , 24 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . GIBBONS