18.2.97 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL47/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No284/97
of17February1997
determiningtheworldmarketpriceforunginnedcottonandtheratefortheaid
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,ferencesinproductqualityandthenatureofoffersand
quotations;whereastheseadjustmentsarespecifiedin
Article2ofRegulation(EEC)No1201/89;
Whereasapplicationoftheaboverulesgivestheworld
marketpriceforunginnedcottonindicatedhereunder;
WhereasArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EC)No1554/95
stipulatesthattheadvancepaymentratefortheaidisto
betheguidepricelesstheworldmarketpriceandlessa
furtheramountcalculatedbytheformulaapplicablewhen
theguaranteedmaximumquantityisoverunbutwitha
15%increaseintheestimateforunginnedcotton
production;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1683/96(6)determinedestimatedproductionforthe
1996/97marketingyear;whereasapplicationofthese
rulesgivestheadvancepaymentratesforeachMember
Stateindicatedhereunder,HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofGreece,andin
particularparagraphs3and10ofProtocol4oncotton,as
lastamendedbyCouncilRegulation(EC)No1553/95('),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1554/95of
29June1995(2)layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystem
ofaidforcottonandrepealingRegulation (EEC)No
2169/81,asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1584/96(3),
andinparticularArticles3,4and5thereof,
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EC)No1554/95
requiresaworldmarketpriceforunginnedcottontobe
periodicallydeterminedfromtheworldmarketprice
determinedforginnedcotton,usingthehistoricalrela­
tionshipbetweenthetwopricesasspecifiedinArticle1
(2)ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1201/89of3
May1989layingdownrulesforimplementing thesystem
ofaidforcotton(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1645/96(5);whereasifitcannotbedeterminedinthis
wayitistobebasedonthelastpricedetermined ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theworldmarketpriceforunginnedcottonasindi­
catedinArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No1554/95issetat
ECU36,905per100kilograms.
2.AdvancepaymentoftheaidasindicatedinArticle5
(3)ofRegulation(EC)No1554/95shallbeattherateof:
—ECU57,702per100kilogramsinSpain,
—ECU27,194per100kilogramsinGreece,WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EC)No1554/95
requirestheworldmarketpriceforginnedcottontobe
determinedforaproductofspecificcharacteristicsusing
themostfavourableoffersandquotationsontheworld
marketofthoseconsideredrepresentative ofthereal
markettrend;whereastothisendanaverageistobe
calculatedofoffersandquotationsononeormoreEuro­
peanexchangesforacifproducttoaNorthEuropean
portfromthesuppliercountriesconsideredmostrepre­
sentativeasregardsinternationaltrade;whereasthese
rulesfordetermination oftheworldmarketpricefor
ginnedcottonprovideforadjustmentstoreflectdif­—ECU69,395per100kilogramsinotherMember
States.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18February
1997.
(6)OJNoL217,28.8.1996,p.1.(')OJNoL148,30.6.1995,p.45.
(2)OJNoL148,30.6.1995,p.48.0OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.16.
(♦)OJNoL123,4.5.1989,p.23.
(sOJNoL207,17.8.1996,p.3.

NoL47/10 IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.2.97
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17February1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission