No L 148/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.6.95 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1537/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworms for the 1995/96 rearing year THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 April 1972 laying down special measures to encourage silkkworm rearing (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (?), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (*), Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 provides that the amount of aid for silkworms reared within the Community must be fixed each year in such a way as to help ensure a fair income for silkworm rearers, taking into account the state of the market in cocoons and raw silk, of foreseeable trends on that market and of import policy; Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria entails fixing the amount of aid at the level mentioned below, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1995/96 rearing year, the amount of aid in respect of silkworms as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 shall be fixed at ECU 133,26 per box of silkworm eggs used. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 April 1995. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1995. () OJ No L 100, 27. 4. 1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2059/92 (O] No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 19). () OJ No C 99, 21. 4. 1995, p. 18. (}) O] No L 151, 19. 6. 1995. () O] No C 155, 21. 6. 1995, p. 21. For the Council The President J. BARROT