Commission Regulation (EC) No 1143/2003 of 27 June 2003 fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 for the 2002/03 marketing year
Date: 2003-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, marketing, production aid

28.6.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1143/2003

of 27 June 2003

fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 for the 2002/03 marketing
year

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 parti-
cular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 lays down
that the amount of the production aid for unginned
cotton is to be fixed on the basis of the difference
between, on the one hand, the guide price established in
accordance with Article 3(1) and Article 7 of that Regu-
lation and, on the other, the world market price deter-
mined in accordance with Article 4 thereof.

Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/
2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for
applying the cotton aid scheme (3), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1486/2002 (4), provides that the amount
of aid for unginned cotton applicable for each period for
which a world market price for that product has been
determined is to be fixed no later than 30 June.

(3)

(4)

(5)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1141/
2003 (5) fixed actual production of unginned cotton and
the resulting reduction in the guide price for the 2002/
03 marketing year.

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton
was fixed periodically during the 2002/03 marketing
year.

The amount of aid applicable for each period for which
a world market price for unginned cotton has been
determined should accordingly be fixed for the 2002/03
marketing year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period from 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003, the
amounts of the aid for unginned cotton corresponding to the
world market prices established in the Regulations listed in the
Annex are fixed in that Annex from the date of entry into force
of the Regulations concerned.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3.

(5) See page 37 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

Aid for unginned cotton

(EUR per 100 kilograms)

Aid amount

Greece

57,373

55,658

57,162

55,470

55,670

57,093

57,555

55,648

55,487

57,077

55,394

55,340

55,275

55,336

57,147

55,606

57,197

55,717

57,166

55,616

55,569

57,351

55,655

57,098

55,425

55,308

55,047

55,006

54,805

53,769

54,107

51,892

53,628

51,995

52,084

51,887

53,730

51,921

53,698

54,052

54,192

54,066

51,923

Spain

68,428

66,713

68,217

66,525

66,725

68,148

68,610

66,703

66,542

68,132

66,449

66,395

66,330

66,391

68,202

66,661

68,252

66,772

68,221

66,671

66,624

68,406

66,710

68,153

66,480

66,363

66,102

66,061

65,860

64,824

65,162

62,947

64,683

63,050

63,139

63,050

64,785

62,976

64,753

65,107

65,247

65,121

62,978

Portugal

83,948

82,233

83,737

82,045

82,245

83,668

84,130

82,223

82,062

83,652

81,969

81,915

81,850

81,911

83,722

82,181

83,772

82,292

83,741

82,191

82,144

83,926

82,230

83,673

82,000

81,883

81,622

81,581

81,380

80,344

80,682

78,467

80,203

78,570

78,659

78,462

80,305

78,496

80,273

80,627

80,767

80,641

78,498

Commission Regulation fixing the world market
price for unginned cotton No

1175/2002 (1)

1183/2002 (2)

1189/2002 (3)

1201/2002 (4)

1245/2002 (5)

1289/2002 (6)

1317/2002 (7)

1391/2002 (8)

1405/2002 (9)

1438/2002 (10)

1443/2002 (11)

1464/2002 (12)

1492/2002 (13)

1559/2002 (14)

1591/2002 (15)

1610/2002 (16)

1641/2002 (17)

1661/2002 (18)

1678/2002 (19)

1692/2002 (20)

1743/2002 (21)

1785/2002 (22)

1810/2002 (23)

1822/2002 (24)

1848/2002 (25)

1872/2002 (26)

1960/2002 (27)

2003/2002 (28)

2063/2002 (29)

2126/2002 (30)

2194/2002 (31)

2199/2002 (32)

2247/2002 (33)

2281/2002 (34)

2314/2002 (35)

2339/2002 (36)

12/2003 (37)

40/2003 (38)

53/2003 (39)

99/2003 (40)

196/2003 (41)

252/2003 (42)

264/2003 (43)

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Aid amount

Spain

64,641

63,004

62,936

62,808

62,898

61,250

61,205

(EUR per 100 kilograms)

Portugal

80,161

78,524

78,456

78,328

78,418

76,770

76,725

Greece

53,586

51,949

51,881

51,753

51,843

50,195

50,150

Commission Regulation fixing the world market
price for unginned cotton No

299/2003 (44)

311/2003 (45)

333/2003 (46)

394/2003 (47)

441/2003 (48)

503/2003 (49)

518/2003 (50)

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(2) OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 173, 3.7.2002, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 174, 4.7.2002, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 181, 11.7.2002, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 29.
(7) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 26.
(8) OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 36.
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(18) OJ L 251, 19.9.2002, p. 8.
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(20) OJ L 258, 26.9.2002, p. 26.
(21) OJ L 263, 1.10.2002, p. 28.
(22) OJ L 270, 8.10.2002, p. 9.
(23) OJ L 274, 11.10.2002, p. 32.
(24) OJ L 276, 12.10.2002, p. 25.
(25) OJ L 279, 17.10.2002, p. 32
(26) OJ L 281, 19.10.2002, p. 9.
(27) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 37.
(28) OJ L 308, 9.11.2002, p. 21.
(29) OJ L 317, 21.11.2002, p. 26.
(30) OJ L 325, 30.11.2002, p. 14.
(31) OJ L 334, 11.12.2002, p. 20.
(32) OJ L 335, 12.12.2002, p. 7.
(33) OJ L 341, 17.12.2002, p. 60.
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(35) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 110.
(36) OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 33.
(37) OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 64.
(38) OJ L 5, 10.1.2003, p. 13.
(39) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 73.
(40) OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 53.
(41) OJ L 27, 1.2.2003, p. 25.
(42) OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 15.
(43) OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 18.
(44) OJ L 43, 18.2.2003, p. 34.
(45) OJ L 45, 19.2.2003, p. 14.
(46) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 39.
(47) OJ L 55, 1.3.2003, p. 51.
(48) OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 24.
(49) OJ L 74, 20.3.2003, p. 25.
(50) OJ L 75, 21.3.2003, p. 32.