Commission Regulation (EC) No 2307/95 of 29 September 1995 fixing, for unginned cotton, the estimated production and amount of the advance on the aid for the 1995/96 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2307/95 of 29 September 1995 fixing, for unginned cotton, the estimated production and amount of the advance on the aid for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular 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), and in particular Articles 5 (3) and 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 provides that the estimated production must be drawn up before 1 October in each marketing year; whereas, on the basis of the figures available, the estimated production for the 1995/96 marketing year should be fixed at the figure given below;
Whereas Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 provides that the amount of the advance on the aid must be determined taking account of the estimated production of unginned cotton and of the anticipated amount of the aid; whereas application of those criteria gives the amount of the advance indicated below;
Whereas very unfavourable climatic conditions have led to a very great reduction in land under cotton in Spain; whereas, taking account of the forecast production of unginned cotton and the level of aid in that Member State for the 1995/96 marketing year and in order to mitigate the consequences of that situation for the operators concerned, the level of the advance applicable in Spain for the 1995/96 marketing year should be varied by way of exception; whereas the amount of the advance applicable to the other Member States should be fixed at a level such that the percentage, in relation to the forecast level of the aid, is equal to that applicable to Spain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,