CELEX: 31985R1501
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1501/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 1985/86 marketing year

No L 151 / 26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   10 . 6 . 85
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1501 / 85
                                                            of 23 May 1985
                            fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 1985 / 86 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ,                                                   For the 1985 / 86 marketing year , the minimum price for
                                                                       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 general rules for the system of aid
for cotton (*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No
1462 / 84 ( 2 ), 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 ( 3 ),               cotton which meets the criteria referred to in Article 1 of
                                                                       Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1500 / 85 of 23 May 1985
                                                                       fixing, for the 1985 / 86 marketing year , the guide price for
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2169 / 81             unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which the aid
provides that the Council shall each year fix a minimum price          is to be granted in full ( 4 ).
for unginned cotton ; whereas that price must be fixed so as to
guarantee sales for producers at a price as close as possible to       The said price shall relate to goods at the farm gate .
the guide price , taking into account market fluctuations and
the cost of transporting unginned cotton from the production                                          Article 3
areas to the ginning areas ;
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                       following its publication in the Official journal of the
Whereas , in order to achieve the abovementioned objective,            European Communities.
this minimum price must be fixed for a well-defined standard
quality and marketing stage ,                                          It shall apply from 1 September 1985 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                          C. SIGNORILE
0 ) OJ No L 211 , 31 . 7 . 1981 , p. 2 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 142 , 29 . 5 . 1984 , p. 1 .
( 3 ) OJ No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p. 28 .                              (4 ) See page 25 of this Official Journal .