CELEX: 51989PC0044
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Date: 1989-02-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           COM(89 ) U final
                                           Brussels , 14 February 1989
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81 laying down the general rules
                     for the system of aid for cotton
                       ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                               Explanatory memorandum
1. Article 4(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 /81 laying down the general rules
   for the system of aid for cotton stipulates that the world market price
   for ginned cotton is to be determined for cotton of grade 5 as defined in
   Greece .
   Since at the time Greece was the only Member State growing cotton it was
   natural to refer to the Greek grading standard . Since this is however not
   used in Spain , also a large cotton producer , the reference to the Greek
   standard should be deleted .
   In its absence the product will be henceforward defined by reference to
   the international standards used in both Greece and Spain .
2. Operators are increasingly interested in the possibility of applying for
   the aid before the cotton is taken into supervised storage . Correct
   operation of the aid system however requires that in such a case an
   adequate guarantee be provided that the application for supervised storage
   will be lodged within the permitted time limit .
3. Following the accession of Spain minor changes in wording are required in
   Articles 6(4 ) and 7(1 ) of the Regulation .
 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81 laying down the general rules
                             for the system of aid for cotton
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
Protocol 4 on cotton annexed thereto,as last amended by Cormnssion Regulation
( EEC ) No 4006 / 87 ( 1 ),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 4(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81 ( 2 ), as
last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2261 / 88 ( 3 ), states that the world market
price for ginned cotton is to be determined for a product as defined in
Greece ; whereas following the accession of Spain Community cotton production
is no longer restricted to Greece ; whereas the product definition used until
now does not apply in Spain ; whereas this use of a definition particular to
Greece should therefore be discontinued ;
Whereas under the terms of Article 5(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81 the
application for aid may be lodged before submission of the application for supervised
storage ; whereas in order to ensure that the system of aid operates properly
it should be stipulated that in such cases the application is not valid unless
security is lodged as a guarantee of submission of the application for
supervised storage within the period set ;
Whereas following adjustment by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1964 / 87 ( 4 )
 of the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to
the Act of Accession of Greece the wording of Articles 6(4 ) and 7(1 ) of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81 should be amended ;
(1)   0J No L 377 ,  31.12.1987 , p. 49 .
(2)   0J No L 211 ,  31.7.1981 , p. 2 .
(3)   OJ No L 199 ,  26.7.1988 , p. 8 .
(4 )  OJ No L 184 ,  3.7.1987 , p. 14 .
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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 /81 is hereby amended as follows :
 1.  The words "as defined in Greece " are deleted from Article 4(3 ).
2.   The following subparagraph is added to Article 5(2 ):
     " Should the application for aid be lodged before that for supervised
     storage it shall not be valid unless adequate security is lodged to
     guarantee submission of the application for supervised storage within the
     period set ."
3.   In Article 6(4 ) "Article 8(1 )" is replaced by "Article 8 "."
4.   Article 7(1 ) is replaced by the following :
    "1 . Actual production in each marketing year shall be determined before the
         end thereof using the procedure referred to in Article 11(1 ), account
         being taken in particular of the quantities for which aid applications
         have been submitted ."
                                       Artide 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 1(2 ) shall apply from 1 May 1989 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                    The President
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          FINANCIAL              STATEMENT
                                                             Date : 17 January 1989
 1 . Budget heading : 141 Production aid          Appropriations : 613 million ecu
                        for cotton , not carded or combed
 2 . Title : Council Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81 laying down the
     general rules for the system of aid for cotton
3 . Legal basis : Paragraph 9 of Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece
4 . Aims of project : To adapt certain technical aspects of the general rules on the
     system of aid for cotton
                                                period of      current          following
                                                12 months   financial year    financial year
5.     Financial implications                                    ( 1989 )          ( 1990 )
5.0    Expenditure
       - charged to the EC budget
         ( refunds / intervent ion )
       - 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 :
6.0 Can the project be financed from appropriations entered in the relevant chapter
      of the current budget ?                                                       yes / no
6.1 Can the project be financed by transfer between chapters of the current budget ?
                                                                                    yes / no
6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ?                                           yes / no
6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ?                                yes / no
Observations :