Commission Regulation (EC) No 1870/1999 of 30 August 1999 determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 1999/2000 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1870/1999
of 30 August 1999
determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 1999/2000 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 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 8(1) thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires estimated production of cotton to be determined from crop estimates before 1 October of each marketing year; whereas on the basis of the data available the production estimate for the 1999/2000 marketing year should be as indicated below;
(2) Whereas, to ensure that the proper working of the system is not compromised, the estimated production should be fixed using all the information available to the Commission; whereas, with this in mind, some adjustments must be made to the figures notified by Greece; whereas doing so results in an estimated Greek production for the 1999/2000 marketing year of 1231468 tonnes;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,