CELEX: 51981PC0090
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Date: 1981-03-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing for the 1981/82 marketing year the guide price for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted without reduction (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(81)90 final
                                                  Brussels , 9 March 1981
                                       Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           fixing for the 1981 / 82 marketing year the guide price for
            unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aid
                        may be granted without reduction
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                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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C0M(81 ) 90 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 „ Protocol 4 on cotton in the         Act of Accession of Greece provides for the fixing
      each year of a guide price for cotton that has not been ginned ( paragraph 8 ) and of
      the quantity produced for which aid will be granted ( paragraph 9 )*
      The purpose of the      present proposal is to fix the guide price and this quantity of
      unginned cotton for the 1981 / 82 marketing year *
      As stated in the explanatory memorandum to the prices and aid package ( Doc „ COM 81 ,
      p., 42 ), it is for purely technical reasons that this proposal has not been presen­
      ted along with the other Commission proposals to the Council on agricultural prices
      and aid for 1981 / 82 «
2 , On the basis of the criteria laid down in Protocol 4 the Commission proposes a guide
      price for unginned cotton of 73,50 ECU per 100 kg „ This price is based on the price
                                                   (1)
      guaranteed to Greek producers in 1980 / 81       ( 99 % of Community production is in
      Greece )
      The proposed price should assure producers an income some 10 % higher than their
      guaranteed income under the national provisions in force during the previous marke­
      ting year ., Producers will probably not receive the guide price but a lower figure ,
      on account of transport costs and market f luctuations *
      A 10 % increase in the producer price is justified in view of the increase proposed
      for alternative crops which compete with cotton ,,
3 „ Under the criteria laid down in paragraph 3 of the Protocol the quantity to which
      a reduction coefficient does not apply must lie between 323 000 and 567 000 tonnes *
      It should be noted that      :
       ( a ) as sowing for 1981 / 82 will under normal conditions be done before this proposal
             is adopted by the Council it is appropriate to take account of the fact that
             the producers have announced intended sowings of 165 000 hectares , this being
             an acceptable figure ;
 ( 1 ) Minimum prices in Greece : 1978            Dra 25*5 per kg
                                       1979       Dra 30„0 per kg
                                       1980       Dra 38*0 per kg = 63*63 ECU / 100 kg
 ---pagebreak---      ( b ) a yield of 2 600 kg of unginned cotton per hectare is a reasonable average
           for Greece if one overlooks abnormally suitable or unsuitable conditions for
           vegetation *
     ( c ) account has to be taken of normal variations in yield per hectare and consequent­
           ly of production -,
     It is proposed in these circumstances to fix the quantity at 460 000 tonnes *
4 * Financial aspects .
     Appropriations amounting to 33*32 million ECU are entered in Article 736 ( EAGGF ,*
     Guarantee ) of the 1981 budget to finance aid for production of unginned cotton *
     However , no general rules for financing this aid have yet been adopted * They are to
     be laid down together with the general rules for the aid system provided for in
     paragraph 9 of the Protocol *
                                        ANNEX
     Communi ty product ion_of _un22Q0££L£2i£2G
                                                         (2)
                               Greece              Italy                    EEC
                        Ha       Production(t ) Ha     Production(t )   Ha      Production(t )
     1978           168 000         451  000   2 182       2 767      170 182     453 769
     1979           137 500         320 000    2 770       3 266      140 270     323 266
     1980           143 000         360 000    2 940       3 538      145 950     363 538
        0           149 500         377 ooci   2 297       3 191      152 134     380 191
( 2 ) Commission estimate arrived b£ applying a coefficient of 3*125 ( estimated' yield
       of 32 % ) to actual fibre production at 886 , 1 0 45 and 1 132 t respectively *
 ---pagebreak---                                   proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
fixing for the 1981 / 82 marketing year the guide price for unginned cotton and the
quantity of cotton for which aid may be granted without reduction
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece     , and in particular paragraphs 8 and
9 of Protocol 4 on cotton ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                         (2)
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament      ,
Having regard to the opinion , of the Economic and Social Committee ^,
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 down in para­
graphs 2 and 3 of that Protocol^and paragraph 9 of Protocol No 4 states that the quan­
tity of cotton for which aid shall be granted is to be fixed annually by reference
to the criteria laid down in paragraph 3 of the Protocol ;
Whereas reference to these criteria gives the guide price and quantity of cotton
 indicated below ,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ( 2 ) OJ No C
 ( 3 ) OJ No C
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -
                                 Article 1
1 „ For the 1981 / 82 marketing year the guide price for unginned cotton shall be
    73.50 ECU / 100 kg *
2 * The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for cotton :
    - with a moisture content of 14 % and of extraneous matter 3 % ;
    - with the characteristics required to yield ginned cotton with a fibre length
       of 28 mm and meeting International Standard No 5 „
                                 Artic le 2
1 „ For the 1981 / 82 marketing year the quantity of cotton referred to in the third
     sub-paragraph of paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 shall be 460 000 tonnes *
2„The. quantity of cotton referred to in paragrah 1 shall be unginned cotton of the
    quality indicated in Article 1(2 ).
                                 Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of Us publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States-
Done at                                                For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                     FINANCIAL          STATEMENT
                                                                                Date :      16*2*1981           ·Η
 1 . BUDGET HEADING :                                                          APPROPRIATIONS :       JJ / Ju
                                                                                                             ^ ' 1ECU
 2. TITLE :         proposal for Council Regulation fixing for the 1981 /82 marketing y far ,
 the guide price for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which aiil                                       may
be granted without reduction *                                                                                   :
 3 . LEGAL BASIS :         Protocol No 4 of the Act of Accession of Greece *                                     i
 4 . AIMS OF PROJECT :      T        ,     .                                                                       '
                            To fix the guide price and the quantity of cotton for which ¿ id
                            may be granted without reduction *
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 5.   FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS  CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR   FOLLOWING FINANCIAL VEAR
 5.0 EXPENDITURE
                                                                         (  81    )             (          5   mi'
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
                     INTERVENTIONS )
                                                 47,2 Mio EC U 28,3 Mio ECU                  18,9 Mio ECU
       - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
       - OTHER
 5.1   RECEIPTS
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
       - NATIONAL
5.0.1    ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1    ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
  - 165 OOO ha x average yield of 2 600 kg / ha = 429 000 t
  - Difference between guide price and world market price                              110 ECU / t
  - Payment of aid as follows : 3 / 5 in 1981
                                              rest   in 1982
    0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET .
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0 .3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
OBSERVATIONS      :
                         The financial provisions laid down in paragr^h 9(d) of the Prdjjocol
                         No 4 are not adopted at the very moment of the proposal of thi | finan
                         cial statement-