flax,

Flax

Fibre flax and hemp

Flax and hemp

Flax other than fibre flax

Fibre flax

- flax,

Fibre flax and linseed

Fibre linseed and flax

linen and other bast fibres,

Flax and ramie, excluding heading No 54. 01

Flax and ramie, excluding heading No 54.01

Flax and other bast fibres (including hemp, jute, and ramie)

Flax and other bast fibres shall not be obtained by water retting, unless the waste water from the water retting is treated so as to reduce the COD or TOC by at least 75 % for hemp fibres and by at least 95 % for flax and the other bast fibres.

HS Heading (raw flax)

flax

seed flax

- flax;

Linum usitatissimum L. - Flax, linseed,

Flax, raw or processed but not spun;

Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 (flax and hemp)

The Technical Committee shall be chaired by a member of the Commission or his representative.

The Advisory Committee shall be chaired by a member of the Commission or his alternate.

grants for the production of textile crops (fibre flax and hemp;

"certified seed, third generation": (flax, linseed) means seed

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,

for linseed:

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp;

"certified seed, second generation": (groundnut, flax, linseed, soya, cotton) means seed

"certified seed, first generation": (groundnut, monoecious hemp, flax, linseed, soya, cotton) means seed

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 of 28 April 1989 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp (11);

whereas, until such time as a common agricultural policy for flax is put into effect, an exception must be made in respect of subsidies on the production of linseed for oil extraction;

Until such time as a common agricultural policy for flax is put into effect, Member States may grant subsidies on the production of linseed for oil extraction.

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(3), and in particular Articles 9 and 14 thereof,

However, where maize is treated separately, the "maize" yield shall be used for maize and the "cereals other than maize" yield shall be used for cereals, oilseeds and linseed.

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,

amending Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 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

The amount of aid for flax shall, for the new Member States, be fixed on the basis of the difference between the income to be obtained by flax producers and the return resulting from the foreseeable market price for this product.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16), as amended by:

A member of the family who is not a national of a Member State shall be issued with a residence document which shall have the same validity as that issued to the worker on whom he is dependent.

Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/701 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp.

such vacancies are for the recruitment of homogeneous groups of seasonal workers of whom at least one named member has been offered a vacancy;

E (Ibiza and Menorca), IRL, CY, M, P (Azores and Madeira), UK, S (Malmöhus, Kristianstads, Blekinge, Kalmar, Gotlands Län, Halland), FI (the districts of Aland, Turku, Uusimaa, Kymi, Häme, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta)"

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 of 5 February 2001 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(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 52/2002(6), sets out a model certificate for imported hemp, and in particular for hemp seed for sowing.

Transitional measures should be laid down to ensure correct application of 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) to processors in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the new producer Member States).

The second indent of Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 of 5 February 2001 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), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1093/2001(3), provides that primary processors must undertake to keep daily records of stocks for the operations that they carry out.

On 18 December 2002 the Commission announced by a notice (notice of initiation) published in the Official Journal of the European Communities the initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding with regard to imports into the Community of bedlinen of cotton fibres, pure or mixed with man-made fibres or flax (flax not being the dominant fibre), bleached, dyed or printed (cotton-type bedlinen) originating in India(2) and commenced an investigation.

The product concerned is bedlinen of cotton fibres, pure or mixed with man-made fibres or flax (flax not being the dominant fibre), bleached, dyed or printed originating in India, currently classifiable within CN codes ex 6302 21 00 (TARIC codes 6302 21 00 81, 6302 21 00 89), ex 6302 22 90 (TARIC code 6302 22 90 19), ex 6302 31 10 (TARIC code 6302 31 10 90), ex 6302 31 90 (TARIC code 6302 31 90 90) and ex 6302 32 90 (TARIC code 6302 32 90 19).

in 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), the Council stipulates that production aid is to be granted solely on hemp harvested after seed formation and grown from certified seed of varieties on a list to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp(6);

A definitive countervailing duty is hereby imposed on imports of bedlinen of cotton fibres, pure or mixed with man-made fibres or flax (flax not being the dominant fibre), bleached, dyed or printed originating in India, currently classifiable within CN codes ex 6302 21 00 (TARIC codes 6302 21 00 81 and 6302 21 00 89), ex 6302 22 90 (TARIC code 6302 22 90 19), ex 6302 31 10 (TARIC code 6302 31 10 90), ex 6302 31 90 (TARIC code 6302 31 90 90) and ex 6302 32 90 (TARIC code 6302 32 90 19).