Commission Regulation (EC) No 905/2005 of 16 June 2005 determining for the 2004/2005 marketing year actual production of unginned cotton and the ensuing guide price reduction
Date: 2005-06-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Portugal, Spain, cotton, norm price, production aid

17.6.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 905/2005

of 16 June 2005

determining for the 2004/2005 marketing year actual production of unginned cotton and the
ensuing guide price reduction

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in
particular Protocol 4 on cotton (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular the
third indent of Article 19(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

for

The first subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying
cotton aid
down detailed rules
scheme (3) provides
that actual production in each
marketing year and the reduction in the guide price
referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001 are to be established before 15 June of
that year.

applying the

The second subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1591/2001 states the terms on which the
quantity of unginned cotton produced is
to be
reckoned as the actual production.

The Greek authorities, using fibre yield as a quality
criterion,
of
unginned cotton as eligible for aid.

1 135 534

recognised

tonnes

have

The Greek authorities have informed the Commission
that on 15 May 2005 they did not
recognise as
eligible
for aid 34 142 tonnes of unginned cotton
consisting of 6 172 tonnes from 2 364,9 hectares not
declared in line with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No
1591/2001, 22 746 tonnes in respect of which national
area reduction measures under Article 17(3) of Regu-
disregarded,
lation
No
3 580 tonnes which were not of
sound and fair
merchantable quality in accordance with Article 15(1)
and 1 644 tonnes
of
from 2 040
hectares
in respect of which financial
compensation was paid to the growers on account of
damage due to natural causes.

that Regulation,
from areas

1051/2001 were

(EC)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Exclusion from actual production of the abovementioned
1 644 tonnes of unginned cotton is not justified. This
quantity comes from parcels declared under Article 9 of
Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 and was
actually
delivered to the ginning plants. The very low yield in
tonnes of unginned cotton of the parcels affected by
the damage is an important indication that the parcels
that
nevertheless generated some produce. Therefore,
quantity meets the criteria laid down in the second
subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1591/2001 and must accordingly be added to the
quantity of 1 135 534 tonnes.

In consequence, actual Greek production of unginned
cotton for
the 2004/2005 marketing year must be
considered to total 1 137 229 tonnes.

The Spanish authorities, using fibre yield as a quality
criterion, have recognised 368 084 tonnes of unginned
cotton as eligible for aid.

The Spanish authorities have informed the Commission
that on 15 May 2005 they did not recognise as eligible
for aid 1 638 tonnes of unginned cotton consisting of
1 612 tonnes in respect of which national area reduction
measures under Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001 were disregarded, six tonnes that were not
of sound and fair merchantable quality in accordance
with Article 15(1) of that Regulation, seven tonnes that
were not declared in accordance with Article 9 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1591/2001, and 13 tonnes because the
rules concerning contracts referred to in Article 11 of
Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 were not complied with.

Exclusion from actual production of the abovementioned
13 tonnes of unginned cotton on account of non-
compliance with the rules concerning contracts is not
justified. Moreover, this quantity meets the requirements
of the second subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1591/2001 and must
therefore be
added to the quantity of 368 084 tonnes.

(1) Protocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001

(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. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).

(10)

In consequence, by application of fibre yield as a quality
criterion actual Spanish production of unginned cotton
in the 2004/2005 marketing year must be considered to
total 368 097 tonnes.

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(11)

The Spanish authorities, using fibre yield as a quality
criterion, have
recognised 982 tonnes of unginned
cotton from crop areas in Portugal as eligible for aid.
This quantity meets the requirements of
the second
subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1591/2001 and must accordingly be regarded as actual
Portuguese production of unginned cotton for
the
2004/2005 marketing year.

(12) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides
that if the sum of the actual production determined for
Spain and Greece exceeds 1 031 000 tonnes the guide
price indicated in Article 3(1) of that Regulation is to
be reduced in any Member State where actual production
exceeds the guaranteed national quantity.

(13) Moreover, if the sum of actual production in Spain and
Greece reduced by 1 031 000 tonnes is higher
than
the reduction in the guide price of
469 000 tonnes,
50 % increases gradually in accordance with the rules
laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 7(4)
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001.

(14)

second

in the

For the 2004/05 marketing year the guaranteed national
quantity is exceeded in both Spain and Greece. Actual
production in Spain is
step of
4. 830 tonnes above its guaranteed national quantity
the guide
increased by 113 000 tonnes. As a result,
price reduction in Spain should be 54 %. In the case of
Greece,
actual production is below its guaranteed
national quantity increased by 356 000 tonnes. As a
result, the guide price reduction in Greece should be
50 %.

(15)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Natural Fibres,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2004/2005 marketing year actual production of

1.
unginned cotton is hereby determined as:

— 1 137 229 tonnes for Greece,

— 368 097 tonnes for Spain,

— 982 tonnes for Portugal.

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

2.
the 2004/2005 marketing year shall be:

— Greece: EUR 24,130 per 100 kg of unginned cotton,

— Spain: EUR 27,425 per 100 kg of unginned cotton,

— Portugal: EUR 0 per 100 kg of unginned cotton.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 16 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission