14. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 85/27 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 1986/87 
marketing year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/24) 
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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of 
27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of 
aid for cotton (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No , and in particular Article 9(1) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
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 fluctuations and 
the cost of transporting unginned cotton from the production 
areas to the ginning areas; 
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; 
(>) OJNoL211,31.7. 1981, p. 2. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 1986/87 marketing year, the minimum price for 
unginned cotton referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 91,23 ECU per 100 
kilograms. 
Article 2 
The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to unginned 
cotton which meets the criteria given in Article 1 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 
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 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3) thereof, 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 1986/87 marketing year 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/25) 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 
29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in 
No C 85/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 86 
flax and hemp (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No , 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 flax 
fibre for the marketing years from 1982/83 to 1986/87 (2), 
and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) 
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 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 Community are to be fixed 
each year; 
Whereas Article 4(2) of the said Regulation 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 marketing 
years subsequent to the 1982/83 marketing 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 marketing 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 Articles 79 and 246 of the Act of Accession of Spain 
and Portugal establish the criteria for fixing the amount of 
aid for fibre flax and hemp in these Member States; 
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 promote the use of flax fibre at the 
levels set out below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the aid provided for in 
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be: 
(a) as regards flax: 
— 50,73 ECU per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— 355,09 ECU per hectare for the other Member 
States; 
(b) as regards hemp: 
— 46,07 ECU per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— 322,48 ECU per hectare for the other Member 
States. 
Article 2 
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the following portions of 
the aid for flax shall be used to finance the measures to 
promote the use of flax fibre referred to in Article 1 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1423/82: 
— 4,06 ECU per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— 28,41 ECU per hectare for the other Member States. 
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 August 1986. 
(M OJNoL 146,4.7. 1970, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 19. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.