Commission Regulation (EC) No 246/2000 of 31 January 2000 determining the world market price for unginned cotton and the rate for the aid
Date: 2000-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, cotton, world market price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 246/2000

of 31 January 2000

determining the world market price for unginned cotton and the rate for the aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29
June 1995 (2) laying down general rules for the system of aid
for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81, as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98 (3), and in particular
Articles 3, 4 and 5 thereof,

ginned cotton provide for adjustments to reflect differ-
ences in product quality and the nature of offers and
quotations; whereas these adjustments are specified in
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89.

(3)

(4)

Application of the above rules gives the world market
price for unginned cotton indicated hereunder.

The second subparagraph of Article 5(3a) of Regulation
(EC) No 1554/95 stipulates that the advance payment
rate for the aid is to be the guide price less the world
market price and less a further amount calculated by the
formula applicable when the guaranteed maximum
quantity based on the revised production estimate for
unginned cotton plus at least 7,5 %; Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2606/1999 (6) fixes the production esti-
mate for the 1999/2000 marketing year, and the rele-
vant percentage increase; whereas the application of this
method results in the fixing of the advance payment rate
for each Member State at the levels set out below,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

for

ginned

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires a
world market price for unginned cotton to be periodi-
cally determined from the world market price deter-
mined
historical
cotton,
relationship between the two prices as specified in
Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/
89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules for implementing
the system of aid for cotton (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1624/1999 (5); whereas if it cannot
be determined in this way it is to be based on the last
price determined.

using

the

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires the
world market price for ginned cotton to be determined
for a product of specific characteristics using the most
favourable offers and quotations on the world market of
those considered representative of the real market trend;
whereas to this end an average is to be calculated of
offers and quotations on one or more European
exchanges for a cif product to a North European port
from the supplier countries considered most repres-
entative as regards international trade; whereas these
rules for determination of the world market price for

(1) OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 48.
(3) OJ L 190, 4.7.1998, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 123, 4.5.1989, p. 23.
(5) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 39.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world market price for unginned cotton as indicated
set at

1.
in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 is
26,465 EUR/100 kg.

2.
The advance payment of the aid referred to in Article
5(3a), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 is
fixed at:

— 43,374 EUR/100 kg in Spain,

— 39,441 EUR/100 kg in Greece,

— 79,835 EUR/100 kg in other Member States.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2000.

(6) OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 36.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission