CELEX: 51989PC0660(20)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE MAXIMUM GUARANTEED QUANTITY OF COTTON AND THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR UNGINNED COTTON FOR THE 1990/91 MARKETING YEAR

No C 49/28                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                      28. 2. 90
                                                             Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                 of . . .
                      fixing the maximum guaranteed quantity of cotton and the minimum price for unginned cotton
                                                    for the 1990/91 marketing year
                                                             (90/C 49/20)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
                                                                         results in fixing of the maximum guaranteed quantity and the
                                                                         minimum price at the levels given below,
 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 Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 4006/87 ('),
                                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of                  For the 1990/91 marketing year, the maximum guaranteed
 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced           quantity of cotton provided for in Article 2 (1) of Regulation
 by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (2),            (EEC) No 1964/87 shall be 752 000 tonnes.
 and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
                                                                                                       Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of
 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of            For the 1990/91 marketing year, the minimum price for
 aid for cotton ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               unginned cotton provided for in Article 9 (1) of Regulation
 No 791/89 (4), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,                 (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be ECU 91,23 per 100 kilograms.
                                                                         That price shall apply to goods at the farm gate.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1964/87, a maximum guaranteed quantity of cotton is to                The quantity fixed in Article 1 and the price fixed in
be determined annually in the light of production during a               Article 2 shall be for unginned cotton meeting the quality
reference period and the foreseeable trend of demand;                    indicated in Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          . . . fixing the guide price for unginned cotton for the
                                                                          1990/91 marketing year ( s ).
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2169/81, the Council is to fix a minimum price for
unginned cotton each year at a level enabling producers to                                             Article 4
sell at a price as close as possible to the guide price; whereas
that price must take account of market fluctuations and the              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
cost of transporting the unginned cotton from the production             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
areas to the ginning areas; whereas that price must be fixed             European Communities.
for the quality to which the guide price relates and must apply
at the farm gate;                                                        It shall apply from 1 September 1990.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States.
                      Done at Brussels,
                                                                                               For the Council
(») OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 49.
(2) OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 211, 31. 7. 1981, p. 2.
(«) O J N o L 8 5 , 3 0 . 3. 1989, p. 7.                                 (5) See page . . of this Official Journal.