Commission Regulation (EC) No 1281/2000 of 19 June 2000 definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1999 to 31 March 2000 for the 1999/2000 marketing year

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1281/2000
of 19 June 2000
definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1999 to 31 March 2000 for the 1999/2000 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular paragraph 10 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98(3), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95, the world market price for unginned cotton is fixed periodically during the marketing year.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1287/2000(4) fixes actual production of unginned cotton and the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced in each Member State for the 1999/2000 marketing year.
(3) Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1624/1999(6), provides for the aid on unginned cotton applicable to each period for which a world market price has been determined to be fixed before 15 July.
(4) The aid for the 1999/2000 marketing year should accordingly be fixed definitively at the levels indicated below,