5. 3. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 62/25 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price 
for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted in full 
(84/C 62/25) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, 
Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in 
particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on 
cotton, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
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 cot­
ton for which aid shall be granted in full is to be 
fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid down 
in paragraph 3; 
Whereas reference to these criteria gives the guide 
price and the quantity of cotton indicated below, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price 
for unginned cotton shall be 95,07 ECU per 100 
kilograms. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, 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 1984/85 marketing year, the quantity of 
cotton referred to in subparagraph (a) of the second 
paragraph of Article 9 of Protocol 3 shall be 450 000 
tonnes. 
2. The quantity of cotton referred to in para­
graph 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 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
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 amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No..., and in particular 
Article 9(1) thereof, Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 
1984/85 marketing year 
(84/C 62/26) 
Having regard to the proposal from the 
(') OJ No L 211,31. 7. 1981, p. 2. Commission, 
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)