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Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the flat-rate production aid and the guide price for dried 
fodder for the 1986/87 marketing year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/22) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Articles 89 (1) and 234 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 
22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in 
dried fodder (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No and in particular Articles 3 (3), 4 (1) and (3) and 
5 (2) thereof, should be aligned in annual steps at the beginning of each 
marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid 
down give the Spanish and Portuguese prices set below; 
Whereas, under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession 
of Spain and Portugal, prices in these two countries have been 
set at levels differing from that of the common prices; 
whereas, pursuant to Articles 70 (1) and 238 (l)of the Act of 
Accession, these prices should be aligned with the common 
prices in annual steps at the beginning of each marketing 
year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid down give the 
Spanish and Portuguese prices set below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 1 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 
stipulates that the level of the flat-rate production aid for 
dried fodder must be such as to bring about an improvement 
in the Community's protein supplies; 
Whereas, under Article 4 of the same Regulation, a guide 
price must be set for certain dried fodder products at a level 
which is fair to producers; whereas this price must be set for a 
standard quality representative of the average quality of 
dried fodder produced in the Community; 
Whereas, under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 
1117/78, the supplementary aid provided for in paragraph 1 
of that Article must be equal to a percentage of the difference 
between the guide price and the average world market price 
for the products in question; whereas, in view of the 
characteristics of the market in question, the percentage 
should be set at 100 % for the products referred to in Article 
1 (b), first indent, and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 
and at 50 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), 
second indent, of that Regulation; 
Whereas Articles 120 and 306 of the Act of Accession 
provide for the granting of the flat-rate production aid for 
dried fodder in Spain and in Portugal; whereas pursuant 
to Articles 79 and 246 of the Act of Accession the aid rates 
(') OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1. For the 1986/87 marketing year, the flat-rate production aid 
provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 
for the products referred to in Article 1 (b) and (c) of that 
Regulation shall be: 
(a) 8,49 ECU per tonne for the Community as constituted 
on 31 December 1985; 
(b) 1,21 ECU per tonne for Spain; 
(c) 1,21 ECU per tonne for Portugal. 
Article 2 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for the 
products referred to in Article 1 (b), first indent, of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be: 
(a) 178,92 ECU per tonne for the Community as 
constituted on 31 December 1985; 
(b) 148,80 ECU per tonne for Spain; 
(c) 178,92 ECU per tonne for Portugal. 
This price shall refer to a product with: 
— a moisture content of 11 %, 
— a total gross protein content of 18 % of the dry 
weight. 
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Article 3 Article 4 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the percentages to be used 
to calculate the supplementary aid referred to in Article 5 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be: 
— 100 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), first 
indent, and (c) of that Regulation, and 
— 50 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), second 
indent, of that Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 April 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, the guide price for 
unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted in full 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/23) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in 
particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as 
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and 
in particular by Protocol 14 annexed thereto, 
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 paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide price 
for cotton that has not been ginned is to be fixed annually by 
reference to the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of 
that Protocol; whereas paragraph 9 states that the quantity 
of cotton for which aid shall be granted in full is to be 
fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid down in 
paragraph 3; 
Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession of 
Spain and Portugal a price level identical to that of the 
common prices has been applied in both countries; 
Whereas reference to these criteria gives the guide price and 
the quantity of cotton indicated below, Article 1 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year the guide price for 
unginned cotton shall be 96,02 ECU per 100 kilograms. 
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for 
cotton: 
— containing 14 % moisture and 3 % of inorganic 
extraneous matter, 
— with the characteristics required to yield, after ginning, 
54 % of seed and 32 % of fibres of grade No 5, as defined 
in Greece, with a length of 28 mm. 
Article 2 
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year, the quantity of 
cotton referred to in subparagraph (a) of the second 
paragraph of point 9 of Protocol 4 shall be 752 000 
tonnes. 
2. The quantity of cotton referred to in paragraph 1 
shall be unginned cotton of the quality indicated in 
Article 1 (2). 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 September 1986. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.