No L 201/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.7.76 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1799/76: of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of specnal measures in respect of 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 (), and in particular Articles 2 (4) and 3 thereof, Whereas, in view of the price fluctuations normal on the world market, it is necessary, in order that an average world market price for linseed may be fixed, that weekly determinations of that price be made; Whereas provision should be made for the offers and quotations used for this purpose to be adjusted so as to allow for any differences in presentation, quality, terms and place of delivery in relation to those by reference to which the said average is to be fixed; Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (3) of Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for linseed (2), the value of oils and oil-cake on the Community market must be determined; whereas this must be done by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations, both for products of Community origin and for imported products deliv- ered Rotterdam and put into free circulation ; whereas, if offers and quotations for imported products do not satisfy this condition regarding delivery, provision should be made for the necessary adjustments ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1774/76, the Member States must introduce arran- gements whereby, in the event that a subsidy is payable steps - may be taken to check that the crop area in respect of which the subsidy has been applied for accords with that sown and harvested ; whereas to this end each grower should submit a declaration of areas sown and a crop declaration containing suffi- cient information to enable such check to be made; whereas to this same end the particulars to be commu- nicated to the Commission by the Member States should be specified ; (1) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. () O] No L 199, 24. 7. 1976, p. 1. Whereas, to ensure the proper functioning of the subsidy. arrangements, the subsidy_should be paid to those selling linseed at the world market price; whereas, to the same end, it is essential to be able to distinguish fibre flax from seed flax; whereas this objective may be achieved by specifying the seeds from which these two types of flax may be grown ; Whereas to simplify the operation of the system it should be provided that, for the purposes of payment of the subsidy for fibre flax seed, Member States shall apply a system analogous to that introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 771/74 of 29 March 1974 laying down detailed rules for granting aid for flax and hemp (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1309/76 (*), which sets forth detailed rules relating to Council Regulation (EEC) No 619/71 of 22 March 1971 laying down general rules for granting aid for flax and hemp (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2873/73 (5); Whereas uniform arrangements should be made for the payment of subsidies; Whereas Atticle 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 (’) laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for alterations to the value of the unit of account used for the common agricultural policy (%) provndes that, for transactions carried out pursuant to provisions of the common agricultural policy, sums owed by a Member State or a duly authorized body, expressed in national currency and representing amounts fixed in units of account, shall be paid on the basis of the relationship between the unit of account and the national currency which obtained at the time when the transaction or part transaction was carried out; Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 provides that the time when a transaction is carried out shall be considered as being the date on which occurs the event, as’' defined by Community rules, or, () OJ No L 92, 3. 4. 1974, p. 13. () OJ No L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 25. (%) OJ No L 72, 26. 3. 1971, p. 2. ($) OJ No L 297, 25. 10. 1973, p. 1. (') OJ No L 188, 1. 8. 1968, p. | () OJ No L 123, 31. 5. 1968, p. 4.