6.6.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 150/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1093/2001 of 1 June 2001 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 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 16732000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (!), and in particular Articles 9 and 14 thereof, Whereas: (1)  With a view to clarifying certain provisions of Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 (3 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, a number of amendments need to be made to the text of the Regulation. (2)  Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 lays down certain provisions in order to prevent illicit hemp crops from disturbing the market in hemp for fibre. The Article thus provides for the issue of a licence for imported hemp and the establishment of a system of checks on imported raw hemp and hemp seed and restricts the import of hemp seed other than for sowing to authorised importers. A standard licence establishing the compliance of imported hemp with the conditions laid down should therefore be provided for. The estab- lishment by the Member States concerned of a system of checks on imported hemp and arrangements for the authorisation of importers of hemp seed other than for sowing should also be provided for. Provisions should also be laid down to cover trade between the Member States in such seed. (3)  To allow Member States and operators to adjust to the new provisions relating to imports of hemp, provision should be made for them to apply from 1 November 2001. The control measures in force before that date must therefore remain applicable until 31 October 2001. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp, () O L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16. 0] L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 18. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 is amended as follows: 1. In Article 6(2)(e), the words ‘and processing contracts’ are inserted after the word ‘straw’. 2. Article 15(1)(c) is replaced by the following text: ‘() for each marketing year, a summary statement of the quantities of long flax fibre, short flax fibre and hemp fibre obtained from straw of Community origin in storage at the end of the period concerned’ 3. The following Article 17a is added: ‘Article 17a Imported hemp 1. The licence referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be drawn up in accordance with the model given in the Annex hereto. The licence shall be issued only where it has been proven to the satisfaction of the importer Member State that all the conditions laid down have been fulfilled. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the Member States concerned shall lay down the conditions to be fulfilled by the licence application and the issue and use of the licence. However, boxes 1, 2, 4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24 and 25 of the licence form must be filled in. The system of checks referred to in the second subpara- graph of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be established by each Member State concerned. 2. For the purposes of the third indent of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, the Member States concerned shall establish arrangements for the authorisation of importers of hemp seed other than for sowing. Those arrangements shall include the definition of the conditions for authorisation, checks and the penalties to be applied in cases of irregularity.