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Brussels-8June1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
of
amendingRegulation (EEC)layingdownthegeneralrulesforthe
systemofaidforcotton
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article11(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2169/81of27July1981layingdown
thegeneralrulesforthesystemofaidforcottonprovidesthatanytransitional
measuresneededtofacilitatethetransitionfromtheprevioussystemtotnenew
systemshallapplyuntiltheendofthe1981/82marketingyearatthelatest*
2,InapplicationofthisArticle,provisionwasmadeforaderogationduringthat
marketingyearfromArticle4oftheRegulationwhichprovidesthattheworld
marketpricesforcottonseed,animportantfactorincalculating theamountof
aidforCommunityproducers (mainlyGreek),shallbedeterminedinthelightof
offersontheworldmarketandthepricesquotedonthemajorinternational markets.
Suchaprovision,however,haslittlesenseunlessthisworldpriceisrepresen­
tativeofthepriceatwhichtheCommunityproductissold*TheActofAccessionof
GreecetotheCommunityprovidesthatGreecemaymaintainuntil31December1983its
--teno*importcontrolsonoilseeds (includingcottonseed)andvegetableoilswhich
;tappliedbeforeaccession-Inthesecircumstances pricesinGreeceforcotton
-.^odduringthisperiodmaywellstillreachalevelindependent oftheworldmarket
priceandinanycaseaboveit*Inordertoensurethattheaidisfixedcorrectly,
ithasthereforebeendecidedtofixtheaidinthelightoftheoffersandprices
quotedattheprincipalGreekcentres*Thisprovisionmustcontinuetobeapplied
atleastuntiltheendof1983,whentheGreekmarketwillbefullyopentoimports
ofcottonseedandcottonseedoil*Theperiodduringwhichaderogation from
<•'rt■■■:I(?4(1)and(4)isnecessaryshouldthereforebeextendedbytwomoremarke­
tingyears*

Proposa Lfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No..../82
OTMMHM
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2169/81layingdownthegeneralrulesforthesystem
ofaidforcotton
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavtqregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
Havingregardtothe1979ActofAccession,andinparticularArticle9ofProtocol4
oncotton,hereinafterreferredtoas"theProtocol",
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheProtocolprovidesforthegrantingofaidfortheproductionofcotton,
+heimountofwhichistobeestablished onthebasisofthedifference betweena
auidepriceandtheworldmarlrtpriceforunginnedcotton;whereasthepriceofcotton
of,disanimportantfactorinthedetermination ofthisprice;
(1)
■"pr.'FisArticle4(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2169/81providesthattheworld
marketpriceforcottonseedshouldbedeterminedinthelightoftheoffersonthe
worldmarketandthepricesquotedonthemajorinternational exchanges;whereas
applicationofthisprovisionmightpreventcorrectapplication oftheaidsystem
duringthe1982/83and1983/84marketingyearssince,asaresultofthesystemof
importcontrolsapplicableinGreeceuntiltheendof1983,introducedinaccordance
jithArticle82ofthe1979ActofAccession,theoffersandpricesquotedonthe
worldmarketarenotrepresentative ofthetrendontheCommunitymarketincotton
seed;whereasprovisionshouldthereforebemade,bywayofderogationfromthe
saidArticle4(1)totheeffectthatforthesetwomarketingyearstheworld
marketpriceforcottonseedshouldbedeterminedinthelightofpricesand
quotationsrecordedontheGreekmarket;
Whereasparagraph4ofthatArticleprovidesthatiftherearenosuitableoffersor
quotationsfordeterminingtheworldmarketpriceforcottonseed,thepriceistobe
establishedonthebasisofthevalueoftheproductsobtainedfromtheprocessing
ofthoseseeds,lessthecoBtofcrushing;whereasforthereasonsdescribedabove,
applicationofthisprovisonmightalsopreventcorrectapplicationoftheaidsystem
duringthe1982/83and1983/84marketingyears;whereasprovisionshouldbemade
duringthesetwomarketingyearstotakeaccountofoffersandquotationsrecorded
attheprincipalcentresinGreece,
(1)OJNoI211,31.7.1981,p.2

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No2169/81isherebyamendedasfollows:
1.Thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtoArticle4(1):
"However,untiltheendofthe1983/84marketingyeartheworldmarket
priceforcottonseedshallbedeterminedinthelightoftheprices
andquotationsrecordedattheprincipalcentresinGreece."
2.Thefollowingsubparagraph isaddedtoArticle4(4):
"However,untiltheendofthe1983/84marketingyear,theworldmarket
priceshallbeestablished onthebasisofthevalueoftheseproducts
recordedattheprincipalcentresinGreece."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthatof
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfromthedateofthebeginningofthe1982/83marketingyear.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil