# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1125/2008

of 13 November 2008

apportioning, for the 2008/09 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 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products [^1] , and in particular Article 95 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 507/2008 of 6 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre [^2] lays down that the apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities, as provided for in Article 94(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for the marketing year 2008/09, must be effected before 16 November of the marketing year in progress.

**(2)** To that end, Italy has 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 2008/09 marketing year in Denmark, 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 the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the 2008/09 marketing year, the apportionment in national guaranteed quantities provided for in Article 94(1a), in conjunction with Annex XI A.II.(b) to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be as follows:

| — | Denmark | 0 tonnes; |
| --- | --- | --- |
| — | Greece | 0 tonnes; |
| — | Ireland | 0 tonnes; |
| — | Italy | 228 tonnes; |
| — | Luxembourg | 0 tonnes. |

## **Article 2**

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

It shall apply from 16 November 2008.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 November 2008. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_299_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 38](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_149_R_TOC) .

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