30.7.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL206/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2156/83
of29July1983
fixingtheaidforcotton
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofGreece,and
inparticularparagraphs3and10ofProtocol4thereto,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2169/81of27July1981layingdownthegeneralrules
forthesystemofaidforcotton('),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1982/82(2),andinparticular
Article5(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereas,underArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No
2169/81,aidmustbegrantedforunginnedcotton
harvestedintheCommunitywhentheworldmarket
priceforunginnedcottonisbelowtheguideprice;
Whereastheaidisequaltothedifferencebetween
thesetwoprices;
Whereastheguidepriceforthe1983/84marketing
yearwasfixedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1579/83of14June1983(3);
Whereastheworldmarketpriceforunginnedcotton
isdeterminedperiodicallyonthebasisoftheworld
marketpricesrecordedforginnedcottonandcotton
seed,takingintoaccounttheestimatedyieldofthe
Communityharvestincottonseedandinginned
cottonandalsothenetcostofginning;
Whereastheworldmarketpriceforginnedcottonand
cottonseedisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle4
ofRegulation(EEC)No2169/81;
Whereas,iftheworldmarketpriceforunginned
cottoncannotbedeterminedasdescribedabove,this
priceshallbeestablishedonthebasisofthemost
recentpricedetermined ;
Whereastheabovevaluesareestablishedonthebasis
ofthepricesdeterminedinaccordancewithArticles2,3and4ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2183/81
of30July1981layingdownrulesimplementingthe
systemofaidforcotton(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2081/83Q;whereastheworldmarket
priceisdeterminedonthebasisofthemostfavourable
offersandquotationsrecorded,excludingoffersand
quotationswhichcannotberegardedasrepresentative
oftherealmarkettrend;
Whereasforthe1983/84marketingyeartheoffersand
quotationsareincreasedbythosecustomsduties
appliedinGreecewhenimportingfromotherMember
States;
Whereasthenecessaryadjustmentsmustbemadein
caseswheretheoffersandquotationsrecordeddonot
satisfytherequirementsindicatedabove;
Whereas,underArticle4(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
2169/81,iftherearenosuitableoffersorquotations
fordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceforcotton
seed,thispriceistobeestablishedonthebasisofthe
valueoftheproductsobtainedfromtheprocessingof
thoseseeds,lessthecostofcrushing;whereasthis
valueisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle4of
Regulation (EEC)No2183/81;
Whereas,ifthesubsidysystemistooperatenormally,
subsidiesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereastheaidmustbefixedonceamonth,andin
suchawaythatitcanbeappliedfromthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthedateoffixing;Whereasit
maybealteredbetweenfixings;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsto
theoffersandquotationsknowntotheCommission
thattheaidforcottonshouldbeassetoutinthis
Regulation,
(')OJNoL211,31.7.1981,p.2.
(2)OJNoL215,23.7.1982,p.5.
0OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.21.(4)OJNoL211,31.7.1981,p.35.0OJNoL203,27.7.1983,p.17.

NoL206/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.7.83
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheaidforunginnedcottonreferredtoinArticle5of
Regulation(EEC)No2169/81shallbe27,126ECU
per100kilograms.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29July1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission