CELEX: 51984PC0020(28)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR UNGINNED COTTON FOR THE 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR

5. 3. 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 62/25
            Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price
                for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted in full
                                                     (84/C 62/25)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for
COMMUNITIES,                                                   cotton:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-             — containing 14% moisture and 3 % of inorganic
pean Economic Community,                                            extraneous matter,
                                                               — with the characteristics required to yield, after
Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in                  ginning, 54% of seed and 3 2 % of fibres of
particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on                      grade No 5, as defined in Greece, with a length
cotton,                                                             of 28 mm.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
sion,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                                      Article 2
liament,
                                                               1. For the 1984/85 marketing year, the quantity of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and               cotton referred to in subparagraph (a) of the second
Social Committee,                                              paragraph of Article 9 of Protocol 3 shall be 450 000
                                                               tonnes.
Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the
guide price for cotton that has not been ginned is to
be fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid            2. The quantity of cotton referred to in para-
down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Protocol;                   graph 1 shall be unginned cotton of the quality
whereas paragraph 9 states that the quantity of cot-           indicated in Article 1 (2).
ton for which aid shall be granted in full is to be
fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid down
in paragraph 3;
Whereas reference to these criteria gives the guide                                    Article 3
price and the quantity of cotton indicated below,
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                               of the European Communities.
                        Article 1
                                                               It shall apply from 1 September 1984.
 1. For the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price
for unginned cotton shall be 95,07 ECU per 100                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
kilograms.                                                     directly applicable in all Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the
                                                1984/85 marketing year
                                                     (84/C 62/26)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                   No 2169/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general
                                                               rules for the system of aid for cotton ('), as amended
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-             by Regulation (EEC) N o . . . , and in particular
pean Economic Community,                                       Article 9(1) thereof,
                                                               Having regard        to   the     proposal   from   the
(')  OJ No L 211,31. 7. 1981, p. 2.                             Commission,
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Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC)                                                 Article 2
No 2169/81 provides that the Council shall each
year fix a minimum price for unginned cotton;                  The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to
whereas that price must be fixed so as to guarantee            unginned cotton which meets the criteria referred to
sales for producers at a price as close as possible to         in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . fix-
the guide price, taking into account market fluctua-           ing for the 1984/85 marketing year the guide price
tions and the cost of transporting unginned cotton             for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for
from the production areas to the ginning areas;                which the aid may be granted in full (').
Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned                The said price shall relate to goods at the farm gate.
objective, this minimum price must be fixed for a
well-defined standard quality and marketing stage,
                                                                                          Article 3
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                of the European Communities.
                        Article 1                               It shall apply from 1 September 1984.
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the minimum price              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
for unginned cotton referred to in Article 9 (1) of            directly applicable in all Member States.
Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 90,32 ECU
per 100 kilograms.                                             (')   See page 25 of this Official Journal.
             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
                                                 1984/85 marketing year
                                                      (84/C 62/27)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
COMMUNITIES,                                                    liament,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
                                                                Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
pean Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                Social Committee,
Article 43 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                      Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70
 No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organ-                provides that the amounts of aid for flax grown
ization of the market in flax and hemp ('), as last             mainly for fibre and for hemp grown in the Com-
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1430/82 (2), and                 munity are to be fixed each year;
in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
                                                                Whereas Article 4 (2) provides that the amount is to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                      be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested
 No 1423/82 of 18 May 1982 concerning measures to               as to ensure an even balance between the volume of
 promote the use of fibre flax for the marketing years          production required in the Community and the
 from 1982/83 to 1986/87 (3), and in particular the             amount that can be marketed; whereas it is to be
 second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) thereof,                  fixed taking into account the price for flax and
                                                                hemp fibres and hemp seed on the world market, the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                 price for other competing natural products and the
 sion,                                                          guide price for flax seed;
 (') OJ No L 146,4. 7. 1970, p. 1.                              Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of
 O OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 27.
 (3) OJ No L 162, 12.6. 1982, p. 19.                             Regulation (EEC) No 1423/82 provides that for