COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC89) 611 final 
Brussels, 8 December 1989 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
instituting a special system of aid for 
small cotton producers 
(presented by the Commission) 
£~.kM[ 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 
instituting a special system of aid for 
small cotton producers 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting 
the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol No 4 annexed to the Act of 
Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4), 
Whereas the system of aid for cotton introduced in Protocol 4, as adapted by 
Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87, provides that the aid for cotton is to be reduced 
where production exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed for the 
marketing year concerned; whereas these arrangements for reducing the aid 
have resulted in past marketing years in falls in the income of agricultural 
producers and in particular of those growing cotton on a small area; whereas, 
in order to aLleviate the effects of this fall on the latter category of 
producers, their income should be supported through the grant of flat-rate aid 
per hectare; 
(1) OJ No L 184, 3.7.1987, p. 14. 
(2) OJ No C 
(3) OJ No C 
(4) OJ No C 
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Whereas the aid for small cotton producers should be fixed at a l^vel enabling 
the additional cost of manual harvesting to be offset; 
Whereas expenditure on the system of aid for small producers must not exceed a 
giv-în ceiling; whereas, to that end, a maximum guaranteed area any overrun in 
whi :h results in a reduction in the aid should be determined; whereas that 
maximum guaranteed area is to be equal to the average areas sown by small 
producers in 198 7 and 1988; 
Whereas, with a view to sound administration, a definition of small producers 
shoild be laid down; 
Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the provisions 
contemplated, provision should be made for a procedure establishing close 
cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within a management 
committee; 
Whereas, in accordance with Article-3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87, the 
Council is to decide on any adjustments to the system of aid instituted by 
Protocol 4 before the 1992/93 marketing year; whereas, pending that decision, 
the duration of the system of aid introduced by this Regulation should apply 
to the end of the 1991/92 marketing year only; 
HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
A system of flat-rate aid for small cotton producers is hereby instituted in 
accordance with this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The system of aid for small producers shall be applicable in the 1989/90, 
1990/91 and 1991/92 marketing years. 
Article 3 
1. The direct aid shall be ECU 250 per hectare of area sown and harvested in 
each of the three marketing years. However, where areas sown to cotton by 
small producers as referred to in Article 4 exceed a Community maximum 
guaranteed area, the aid shall be reduced for the marketing year in 
question depending on the overrun recorded. 
2. The Community maximum guaranteed area referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 
determined for the three marketing years concerned by the Council acting 
by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. 
Article 4 
For the purposes of this Regulation, "small producer" means a cotton producer 
who sows an area not exceeding 1,5 hectares to this crop in 1989, L9^() and 
1991 and who has submitted a declaration of areas sown and an aid application 
before a date to be determined. 
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Article 3 
1. The Member States may refrain from granting the aid in the case of amounts 
less than a minimum which they shall determine. 
2. The aid shall be converted into national currency at the agricultural 
conversion rate in force on the first day of the marketing year in respect 
nf which that aid is due. 
Article 6 
The direct aid instituted by this Regulation shall be considered intervention 
intended to stabilize the agricultural markets within the moaning of Article 
3(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing 
of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1048/88 (2). 
Article 7 
1. The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be laid 
down by the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for in 
Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the 
common organization of the market in flax and hemp (3). 
2. In accordance with that procedure, the Commission shall record any overrun 
in the maximum guaranteed area and shall determine the resulting reduction 
in ttie aid. 
(1) OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 185, 15.7.1988, p. 1. 
(3) OJ No L 146, 4.7.1970, p. 1. 
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Article 8 
The Member States and the Commission shall forward each other the data 
required for the application of this Regulation. Such data shall be compiled 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1308/70. The detailed rules for forwarding and disseminating such data 
shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure. 
Article 9 
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 I September 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
DATE: 
1. BUDGET HEADING: 
Rural development measures related to the operation 
of the market 1990 DB: 295 APPROPRIATIONS: p.m. 
2. TITLE: Draft Council Regulation laying down general rules for the special system of aid for small cotton 
producers 
3. LEGAL BASIS: Point 11 of Protocol 4 to the Act of Accession of Greece 
4. AIMS OF PROJECT: To support the income of smal I cotton producers 
5. INANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
5.0 XPENDTURE 
- CHARGHD TO THE EC BUDGET 
- (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
5.0. 1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE Period of 12 months 
+ ECU 9 m Current Financial Year 
1990 
+ ECU 9 m Following Financial Year 
1991 
+ ECU 9 m 
1992 
+ ECU 9 m 1993 1994 1995 
5.2 €TH0D OF CALCULATION: Assumed area concerned: 34 000 ha, corresponding to the total area of holdings of 
less than one hectare plus half the area of holdings with between one and two 
hectares. 
34 000 ha x ECU 250/ha x 1,070 (DR) - ECU 9 Mi 11 ion 
6.0 :AN THI: PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 
YES 
6.1 :AN THI- PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 
YES/NO 
6.2 iS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? 
NO 
6.3 VILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? 
YES 
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ceux qui affrrcter/: su coton --cir.? ce Ip ha, auxquels ur.e aide est 
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