L 149/38 Official Journal of the European Union 7.6.2008 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 507/2008 of 6 June 2008 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 (Codified version) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (!), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 of 5 February 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 () has been substantially amended several times (¥). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regu- lation should be codified. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 provides inter alia for measures relating to the internal market in flax and hemp grown for fibre, comprising aid to authorised primary processors of flax and hemp straw and to farmers who have straw processed on their own account, the detailed implementing rules for which must be laid down. (3)  The conditions governing the authorisation of primary processors and the obligations to be met by farmers who have straw processed on their own account must () OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 953/2006 (O] L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 1). Regulation (EO) No 1673/2000 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008. (@) O] L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. () OJ L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52). (*) See Annex IL be laid down. The information that must be shown in sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments and processing contracts covering straw as referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 must also be specified. (4)  Some primary processors of flax straw mainly produce long flax fibre, together, as a sideline, with short flax fibre containing a high percentage of impurities and shives. Where they do not have suitable facilities for cleaning such secondary products, they may have the short fibre cleaned under contract by another operator. In such circumstances, the cleaning of fibre under contract should be regarded as an operation carried out by the primary processor authorised in respect of short flax fibre. The conditions to be met by the operators concerned, in particular with a view to controls, should accordingly be laid down. (5)  To ensure the eligibility of the products concerned for aid, there must be introduced, for the marketing year concerned, a single application, as referred to in Chapter I of Title II of Part II of Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 of 21 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross- compliance, modulation and the integrated administra- tion and control system provided for in Council Regu- lation (EC) No 17822003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (°). (6) With a view to ensuring sound administrative management while adapting to the special conditions applying on the markets for flax and hemp, the period during which flax and hemp straw grown for fibre can be processed and, where applicable, marketed should be determined. (7)  Where Member States decide to grant aid on short flax fibre or hemp fibre containing more than 7,5 % impu- rities and shives, a method of calculation allowing the quantity produced to be expressed in terms of an equivalent quantity with a 7,5 % impurities and shives content should be laid down. () OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 319/2008 (O] L 95, 8.4.2008, p. 63).