# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2170/2004

of 17 December 2004

apportioning, for the 2004/05 marketing year, 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre [^1] , and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 [^2] , which laid down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, stipulates that the apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities, as provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, must be effected before 16 November of the marketing year in progress.

**(2)** To that end, Denmark and Italy have sent the Commission information relating to areas covered by sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments and processing contracts, and estimated flax and hemp straw and fibre yields.

**(3)** Conversely, no flax or hemp fibre will be produced for the 2004/05 marketing year in Greece, Ireland or Luxembourg.

**(4)** On the basis of estimates of production resulting from the information provided, total production in the five Member States concerned will not reach the overall quantity of 5 000 tonnes allocated to them, and the national guaranteed quantities as set out below should be set.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the 2004/05 marketing year, the apportionment in national guaranteed quantities provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be as follows:

| —: Denmark | 57 tonnes |
| --- | --- |
| —: Greece | 0 tonnes |
| —: Ireland | 0 tonnes |
| —: Italy | 1 227 tonnes |
| —: Luxembourg | 0 tonnes |

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from 16 November 2004.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 December 2004. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_193_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 393/2004 ( [OJ L 65, 3.3.2004, p. 4](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_065_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 18](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2001_035_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1401/2003 ( [OJ L 199, 7.8.2003, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_199_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 393/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1401/2003 ().