Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2006 of  15 June 2006  determining for the 2005/06 marketing year actual production of unginned cotton and the ensuing guide price reduction
Date: 2006-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, marketing year, norm price, production aid, reduced price

16.6.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 871/2006

of 15 June 2006

determining for the 2005/06 marketing year actual production of unginned cotton and the ensuing
guide price reduction

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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:

for

The first subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying
down detailed rules
cotton aid
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
of
criterion,
unginned cotton as eligible for aid.

1 122 445

recognised

tonnes

have

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Greek authorities have informed the Commission
that on 15 May 2006 they did not
recognise as
eligible
for aid 2 844 tonnes of unginned cotton
consisting of 603 tonnes not declared in line with

(9)

(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).

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001, 41 tonnes
with excess humidity which were not of sound and fair
merchantable quality in accordance with Article 15(1) of
that Regulation and 2 200 tonnes damaged by fire.

Exclusion from actual production of the abovementioned
2 200 tonnes of unginned cotton damaged by fire is not
justified. This 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 1 122 445 tonnes.

In consequence, using fibre yield as a quality criterion,
actual Greek production of unginned cotton for the
2005/06 marketing year must be considered to total
1 124 714 tonnes.

The Spanish authorities, using fibre yield as a quality
criterion, have recognised 355 348 tonnes of unginned
cotton as eligible for aid.

The Spanish authorities have informed the Commission
that on 15 May 2006 they did not recognise as eligible
for aid 1 708 tonnes of unginned cotton consisting of
1 482 tonnes in respect of which national area reduction
measures under Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001 were disregarded, 21 tonnes that were not
of sound and fair merchantable quality in accordance
with Article 15(1) of that Regulation, 75 tonnes that
were not declared in accordance with Article 9 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1591/2001, 120 tonnes
that were
damaged by fire and 10 tonnes because the rules
concerning contracts referred to in Article 11 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1051/2001 were not complied with.

Exclusion from actual production of the abovementioned
10 tonnes of unginned cotton on account of non-
compliance with the rules concerning contracts and of
the 120 tonnes that were damaged by fire are not
justified. Moreover,
the
those
requirements of
the second subparagraph of Article
16(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 and must
therefore be added to the quantity of 355 348 tonnes.

quantities meet

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(10)

(11)

In consequence, by application of fibre yield as a quality
criterion, actual Spanish production of unginned cotton
in the 2005/06 marketing year must be considered to
total 355 482 tonnes.

The Spanish authorities, using fibre yield as a quality
criterion, have recognised 440 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
2005/06 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)

For the 2005/06 marketing year the guaranteed national
quantity is exceeded in both Spain and Greece. Actual
production in Spain is below its guaranteed national
quantity increased by 113 000 tonnes. As a result, the
guide price reduction in Spain should be equal to 50 %
of the rate of overshot.
In the case of Greece, actual
production is as well as below its guaranteed national
quantity increased by 356 000 tonnes. As a result, the

guide price reduction in Greece should be equal to 50 %
of the rate of overshot.

(15)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2005/06 marketing year actual production of

1.
unginned cotton is hereby determined as:

— 1 124 714 tonnes for Greece,

— 355 482 tonnes for Spain,

— 440 tonnes for Portugal.

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

2.
the 2005/06 marketing year shall be:

— Greece: EUR 23,280 per 100 kg of unginned cotton,

— Spain: EUR 22,748 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 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, 15 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission