Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/98 of 22 June 1998 definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1997 to 31 March 1998 for the 1997/98 marketing year
Date: 1998-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid system, cotton, production aid, world market price

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1290/98

of 22 June 1998

definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1997 to 31
March 1998 for the 1997/98 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

unginned cotton applicable to each period for which a
world market price has been determined to be fixed
before 15 July;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Whereas the aid for the 1997/98 marketing year should
accordingly be fixed definitively,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in
particular paragraphs 3 and 10 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as
last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the
system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 2169/81 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1584/
96 (3), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95,
the world market price for unginned cotton is fixed
periodically during the marketing year;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1256/98 (4)
fixes actual production of unginned cotton for the 1997/
98 marketing year, the amount by which the guide price
in each Member State is to be reduced under Article 6 of
Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 and the increase in the
amount of aid in accordance with Article 2(4) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1553/95;

Whereas Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules imple-
menting the system of aid for cotton (6), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1740/97 (7), provides for the aid on

(1) OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 48.
(3) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 173, 18. 6. 1998, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23.
(7) OJ L 244, 6. 9. 1997, p. 1.

Article 1

(EC) No 1949/97 (12),

The aid on unginned cotton corresponding to the world
prices fixed in Commission Regulations (EC) No 1700/
97 (8), (EC) No 1736/97 (9), (EC) No 1829/97 (10), (EC) No
1908/97 (11),
(EC) No 2159/97 (13),
(EC) No 2245/97 (14), (EC) No 2367/97 (15), (EC) No 2547/
97 (16), (EC) No 2642/97 (17), (EC) No 29/98 (18), (EC) No
102/98 (19), (EC) No 207/98 (20), (EC) No 253/98 (21), (EC)
No 391/98 (22),
(EC) No 479/98 (23) and (EC) No 606/
98 (24) shall be as set out in the Annex hereto, which
amount shall be fixed definitively from the entry into
force of each of the Regulations concerned.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

(8) OJ L 239, 30. 8. 1997, p. 26.
(9) OJ L 243, 5. 9. 1997, p. 43.
(10) OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1997, p. 21.
(11) OJ L 268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 18.
(12) OJ L 275, 8. 10. 1997, p. 3.
(13) OJ L 298, 1. 11. 1997, p. 27.
(14) OJ L 307, 12. 11. 1997, p. 24.
(15) OJ L 329, 29. 11. 1997, p. 11.
(16) OJ L 347, 18. 12. 1997, p. 36.
(17) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 32.
(18) OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1998, p. 60.
(19) OJ L 9, 15. 1. 1998, p. 37.
(20) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1998, p. 12.
(21) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 27.
(22) OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1998, p. 44.
(23) OJ L 60, 28. 2. 1998, p. 48.
(24) OJ L 80, 18. 3. 1998, p. 23.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 22 June 1998.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

AID FOR UNGINNED COTTON

Amount of aid

(ECU/100 kg)

Regulation (EC) No

1700/97

1736/97

1829/97

1908/97

1949/97

2159/97

2245/97

2367/97 (1)

2547/97

2642/97

29/98

102/98

207/98

253/98

391/98

479/98

606/98

Spain

42,786

45,998

44,591

44,591

45,395

45,877

46,881

46,957

47,687

47,702

46,964

47,797

48,562

48,562

49,319

49,552

48,751

Greece

50,015

53,227

51,820

51,820

52,624

53,106

54,110

54,186

54,916

54,931

54,193

55,026

55,791

55,791

56,548

56,781

55,980

Portugal

65,974

66,926

67,779

67,779

68,583

69,065

70,069

70,145

70,875

70,890

70,152

70,985

71,750

71,750

72,507

72,740

71,939

(1) Corrected by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2392/97 (OJ L 330, 2. 12. 1997, p. 15).