Commission Regulation (EC) No 1287/2000 of 19 June 2000 fixing, in respect of the 1999/2000 marketing year, the actual production of unginned cotton and the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced
Date: 2000-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, Greece, Spain, cotton, marketing, norm price

20.6.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 145/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1287/2000

of 19 June 2000

fixing, in respect of the 1999/2000 marketing year, the actual production of unginned cotton and
the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced

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 Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2
July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by
Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/95, and in particular
Article 2(3) thereof,

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 (3), as
amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1419/98 (4), and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 provides that
actual production in each marketing year is to be deter-
mined before the end of June of that year, account being
taken in particular of the quantities for which aid has
been requested. Application of that criterion results in
the 1999/2000
actual production in respect of
marketing year being set at the level set out below.

Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 stipulates
that, if actual production in Spain and Greece exceeds
the maximum guaranteed quantity,
the guide price
referred to in paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 is to be reduced
in each Member State where production exceeds its
guaranteed national quantity (GNQ). Such reduction is
calculated differently depending on whether the GNQ is
exceeded both in Greece and Spain or only in one of

those Member States. In the case under consideration
there has been an overrun both in Greece and Spain,
therefore. Under Article 6(a) of Regulation (EEC) No
1554/95,
the amount by which actual production
exceeds the GNQ in each Member State is to be calcu-
lated as a percentage of its GNQ and the guide price is
the
to be reduced by a percentage equal
percentage excess.

to half

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Flax and Hemp,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

(a) For the 1999/2000 marketing year, actual production of
unginned cotton is fixed at 1 760 195 tonnes, of which
1 350 677 tonnes for Greece and 409 518 tonnes for
Spain.

(b) For the 1999/2000 marketing year, actual production of
unginned cotton is fixed at 73 tonnes for Portugal.

The amount by which the guide price is to be reduced for

2.
the 1999/2000 marketing year is fixed at:

— EUR 38,693/100 kg for Greece,
— EUR 34,229/100 kg for Spain.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 184, 3.7.1987, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 48.
(4) OJ L 190, 4.7.1998, p. 4.