31999R1280

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1280/1999

of 18 June 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,

(1) Whereas Annex B to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2814/98(4), contains a list of the varieties of hemp eligible for aid; whereas, it has been established in accordance with the method laid down in Annex C to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 that the THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) content of the "Bialobrzeskie", "Fasamo" and "Juso 14" varieties of hemp is less than 0,2 %; whereas those varieties meet the requiremens of the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 619/71 of 22 March 1971 laying down general rules for granting aid for flax and hemp(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1420/98(6), and should be added therefore to Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89;

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The varieties "Bialobrzeskie", "Fasamo" and "Juso 14" are added to Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 18 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 4.7.1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105.

(3) OJ L 121, 29.4.1989, p. 4.

(4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 50.

(5) OJ L 72, 26.3.1971, p. 2.

(6) OJ L 190, 4.7.1998, p. 7.