No C 62/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.3.84 
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 2169/81 provides that the Council shall each 
year fix a minimum price for unginned cotton; 
whereas that price must be fixed so as to guarantee 
sales for producers at a price as close as possible to 
the guide price, taking into account market fluctua­
tions and the cost of transporting unginned cotton 
from the production areas to the ginning areas; 
Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned 
objective, this minimum price must be fixed for a 
well-defined standard quality and marketing stage, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the minimum price 
for unginned cotton referred to in Article 9 (1) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 90,32 ECU 
per 100 kilograms. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organ­
ization of the market in flax and hemp ('), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1430/82 (2), and 
in particular Article 4 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1423/82 of 18 May 1982 concerning measures to 
promote the use of fibre flax for the marketing years 
from 1982/83 to 1986/87 (3), and in particular the 
second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
(') OJ No L 146,4. 7. 1970, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 27. 
(3) OJ No L 162, 12.6. 1982, p. 19. Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to 
unginned cotton which meets the criteria referred to 
in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No ... fix­
ing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price 
for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for 
which the aid may be granted in full ('). 
The said price shall relate to goods at the farm gate. 
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 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
(') See page 25 of this Official Journal. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 
provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown 
mainly for fibre and for hemp grown in the Com­
munity are to be fixed each year; 
Whereas Article 4 (2) provides that the amount is to 
be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested 
as to ensure an even balance between the volume of 
production required in the Community and the 
amount that can be marketed; whereas it is to be 
fixed taking into account the price for flax and 
hemp fibres and hemp seed on the world market, the 
price for other competing natural products and the 
guide price for flax seed; 
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1423/82 provides that for Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the amounts of aid for fibre flax and hemp and 
the amounts withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 
1984/85 marketing year 
(84/C 62/27) 
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marketing years subsequent to the 1982/83 market­
ing year the portion of aid for financing Community 
measures to encourage the use of fibre flax is to be 
fixed at the time when the aid is fixed for the mar­
keting year in question; whereas it is to be fixed in 
the light of trends on the market in flax, the amount 
of the aid for flax and the cost of the measures to be 
introduced; 
Whereas Article 68 of the 1979 Act of Accession laid 
down the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for 
fibre flax and for hemp in Greece; 
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria 
entails fixing the amount of aid and the portion of 
the aid to be used for financing measures to pro­
mote the use of fibre flax at the levels set out below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the aid provided 
for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 
shall be: 
(a) as regards flax: 
— 182 ECU per hectare for Greece, 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
845/72 of 24 April 1972 laying down special 
measures to encourage silkworm rearing ('), and in 
particular Article 2 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
(') OJNoLlOO, 27.4. 1972, p. 1. — 364 ECU per hectare for the other Member 
States; 
(b) as regards hemp: 
— 165,29 ECU per hectare for Greece, 
— 330,58 ECU per hectare for the other Mem­
ber States. 
Article 2 
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the following por­
tions of the aid for flax shall be used to finance the 
measures to promote the use of fibre flax referred to 
in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1423/82: 
— for Greece: 11,83 ECU per hectare, 
— for the other Member States: 23,66 ECU per 
hectare. 
A rticle 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 August 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
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 Article 68 of the 1979 Act of Accession lays 
down the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for 
silkworms in Greece; Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworms for 
the 1984/85 rearing year 
(84/C 62/28)