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must be fixed for the quality to which the guide price relates 
and must apply at the farm gate; 
Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria 
results in fixing of the maximum guaranteed quantity and 
the minimum price at the levels given below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the maximum guaranteed 
quantity of cotton provided for in Article 2(1) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 shall be 752 000 tonnes. 
Article 2 
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the minimum price for 
unginned cotton provided for in Article 9(1) of Regulation 
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 1308/70 of 
29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 91,23 ecus/100 kg. That price 
shall apply to goods at the farm gate. 
Article 3 
The quantity fixed in Article 1 and the price fixed in Article 
2 shall be for unginned cotton meeting the quality indicated 
in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No ... fixing the guide 
price for unginned cotton for the 1989/90 marketing 
year (!). 
Article 4 
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 1989. 
(i) OJ No L ... 
flax and hemp (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3995/87 (2), and in particular Articles 2(3) and 4(3) 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 
(!) OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 34. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at... 
For the Council 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
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 1989/90 marketing year 
(89/C 82/17) 
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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 Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 
provides that the portion of aid for financing Community 
measures to encourage the use of flax fibre is to be fixed at 
the time when the aid is fixed for the marketing year in 
question in accordance with the criteria referred to in that 
paragraph; 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 
establish the criteria for fixing the amount of aid for fibre 
flax and hemp in Spain and Portugal; 
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, 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety 
Done at... HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the aid provided for in 
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be: 
(a) as regards flax: 
— 207,89 ecus per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— 375 ecus per hectare for the other Member States; 
(b) as regards hemp: 
— 188,66 ecus per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— 340 ecus per hectare for the other Member States. 
Article 2 
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the amounts of the aid for 
flax to be used to finance the measures to promote the use 
of flax fibre referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1308/70 shall be: 
— 20,79 ecus per hectare for Spain and Portugal, 
— 37,50 ecus 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 1989. 
and directly applicable in all Member States. 
For the Council