No L 123/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1200/89 of 3 May 1989 fixing for the 1988/8%9 marketing year the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic. Community, - Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) 4003/87 (3), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Whereas an average. world market price for linseed must be determined each year according to the criteria- laid - down in Council Regulation- (EEC) No 1774/76_of 20 July 1976 on special measures for linseed (%}; . Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No - 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/87 (%), provides that this average price is to -be the arithmetic mean of the world market prices as referred to in that Article and recorded each week over a representa- tive period; Whereas the most representative period for the marketing - of Community linseed may be taken to be that from § September 1988 to 3 March 1989 ; whereas this is there- fore the period to be taken into account; Whereas the application of all these provisions produces the average world -market price for linseed specified below ; Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides that the subsidy is to be granted for a production figure obtained by -applying an indicative yield to the areas sown and harvested ; whereas that yield must be determined by applying the criteria laid down in Regula- tion- (EEC) No 569/76 and (EEC) No 1774/76; Whereas, in accordance with Article 17 (1) of Regulation . (EEC) No 1799/76, the producer Member States have supplied the Commission with the results of the sampling, carried out pursuant to Article 2a (2) of that Regulation, regarding the yields per hectare of - seed harvested from each of the types of flax referred to in Articles 7a and 10a of the said Regulation in the homo- geneous production areas ; whereas, on the basis of those results, the indicative yield for linseed- should be that specified below ; Whereas the measures-provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of “the Management: Committee for Oils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : { Article 1 For the 1988/89 marketing year, the average world market price for linseed shall be ECU 28,516 per 100 kilograms. Article 2 For the 1988/89 marketing year, the indicative yields for linseed and the relevant preduction zones shall be as specified in the Annex. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force -on the third 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‘atrr—Brussels, 3 May 1989. () OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. () OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 46. % O] No L 199, 24. 7. 1976, p:- 1. () OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1976, p. 14. () OJ No L 115, 1. 5. 1987, p. 26. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission