No L 70/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 3. 92 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 655/92 of 16 March 1992 fixing for the 1991/92 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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 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 3633/91 (%), 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 2 September 1991 to 7 February 1992; whereas this is therefore 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 QOils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For the 1991/92 marketing year, the average world market price for linseed shall be ECU 13,025 per 100 kilograms. Article 2 For the 1991/92 marketing year, the indicative yields for linseed and the relevant production 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 at Brussels, 16 March 1992. () OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. () OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 46. () OJ No L 199, 24. 7. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1976, p. 14. {) OJ No L 344, 14. 12. 1991, p. 45. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission