No L 85/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 3. 89 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 790/89 of 20 March 1989 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers’ organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut- and locust bean-growing sector THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, - Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 789/89 (3, and in particular Articles 14b (4)-and 14d (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the level of the additional flat-rate aid aimed at encouraging the formation of organizations of nut and/ot. locust bean producers should be fixed in such a way as to provide a genuine incentive, taking account of both the very low percentage of production marketed through producers’- organizations and the small size of existing organizations ; Whereas, in- the case of the quality and marketing improvement aid provided for in Article 14d of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the maximum amount placed on the financial contributions from the Member State and the Community must be set at a realistic level which takes account of the main aim of genetic and cultural improvement and of the area of orchards which may - be converted -annually, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The additional flat-rate for the formation of organizations of nut and/or locust bean producters provided for in Article 14b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby fixed as follows : — 60 ecus/t for the tranche up to 1000 tonnes. — 70 ecus/t for the tranche from 1 000 to 2 000 tonnes. — 75 ecus/t for the tranche above 2 000 tonnes of nuts and/or locust beans marketed. by producers’ organizations during their first marketing year. Article 2 The maximum amount per hectare referred to in Article 14d (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby fixed at ECU 300 for the first five years and at ECU 210 for the following five years. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 1989. This Regulation shall be binding in. its entirety-and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 March 1989. (") OJ No L 118, 20.:5. 1972, p. 91. (%) See page 3 of this Official Journal. For the Council The President C. ROMERO HERRERA