CELEX: 51986PC0020(24)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION FIXING THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR UNGINNED COTTON FOR THE 1986/87 MARKETING YEAR

14. 4. 86                                      Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 85/27
                Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 1986/87
                                                                marketing year
                                                              COM(86) 20 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                                (86/C 85/24)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned objective,
                                                                          this minimum price must be fixed for a well-defined standard
                                                                          quality and marketing stage,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in
particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as                                            Article 1
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and                For the 1986/87 marketing year, the minimum price for
in particular by Protocol 14 annexed thereto,
                                                                          unginned cotton referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation
                                                                          (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 91,23 ECU per 100
Having   regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of                 kilograms.
27 July  1981 laying down the general rules for the system of
aid for   cotton (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No         , and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,                                                 Article 2
                                                                          The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to unginned
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        cotton which meets the criteria given in Article 1 of Council
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Article 9(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81                       The said price shall relate to goods at the farm gate.
provides that the Council shall each year fix a minimum price
for unginned cotton; whereas that price must be fixed so as to
guarantee sales for producers at a price as close as possible to                                     Article 3
the guide price, taking into account market fluctuations and
the cost of transporting unginned cotton from the production              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
areas to the ginning areas;                                               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                          European Communities.
Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession of              It shall apply from 1 September 1986.
Spain and Portugal a price level identical to that of the
common prices has been applied in both countries;
                                                                          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(>) O J N o L 2 1 1 , 3 1 . 7 . 1981, p. 2.                               applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the amounts of aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amounts
                   withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1986/87 marketing year
                                                              COM(86) 20 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                                 (86/C 85/25)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
                                                                           and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                           Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of
thereof,                                                                   29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in