Commission Regulation (EC) No 1849/2001 of 20 September 2001 establishing the estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2001/02 marketing year and the resulting provisional reduction in the guide price

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1849/2001
of 20 September 2001
establishing the estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2001/02 marketing year and the resulting provisional reduction in the guide price
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 Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 19(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001(3) lays down that the estimated production of unginned cotton referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 and the provisional reduction in the resulting guide price must be established before 10 September of the marketing year concerned.
(2) Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 lays down that account of crop forecasts must be taken when establishing the estimated production. Based on the available data for the 2001/02 marketing year, that production should be fixed as indicated.
(3) The reduction in the guide price is calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, replacing, however, actual production with estimated production plus 15 %. This reduction should accordingly be fixed at the levels indicated.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,