Commission Regulation (EC) No 1183/2001 of 15 June 2001 fixing, in respect of the 2000/01 marketing year, the actual production of unginned cotton, the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced and the increase of the aid
Date: 2001-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Spain, aid system, cotton, norm price, production

16.6.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 161/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1183/2001

of 15 June 2001

fixing, in respect of the 2000/01 marketing year, the actual production of unginned cotton, the
amount by which the guide price is to be reduced and the increase of the aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98 (4), and in partic-
ular Article 9 thereof,

Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 provides
for an increase in aid, if certain conditions are fulfilled,
in each Member State where actual production exceeds
its guaranteed national quantity. Article 6 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989
laying down rules implementing the system of aid for
cotton (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1624/
1999 (6), sets out the rules for calculating this increase.
The above conditions are satisfied for the 2000/01
marketing year. The size of the aid increase for each
Member State should therefore be calculated. The
application of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89
results in those amounts being set for the 2000/01
marketing year as indicated hereafter.

(4) Whereas 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:

Whereas:

Article 1

(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
actual production in respect of the 2000/01 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 th 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 (EC) 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

(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.

1. (a) For the 2000/01 marketing year, actual production of
unginned cotton is fixed at 1 573 530 tonnes, of which
1 272 873 tonnes for Greece and 300 657 tonnes for
Spain.

(b) For the 2000/01 marketing year, actual production of
unginned cotton is fixed at 0 tonnes for Portugal.

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

2.
the 2000/01 marketing year is fixed at:

— EUR 33,378/100 kg for Greece,

— EUR 11,055/100 kg for Spain.

The increase in the amount of aid for the 2000/01

3.
marketing year is fixed at:

— EUR 6,909/100 kg for Greece,

— EUR 4,996/100 kg for Spain.

Article 2

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

(5) OJ L 123, 4.5.1989, p. 23.
(6) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 39.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission