COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2606/91   of 29 August 1991   fixing, for unginned cotton,  the actual production for the 1990/91 marketing year and the estimated production, the adjustment  in the maximum guaranteed quantity and the reduction in the aid for the 1991/92 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as  amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Protocol 14 annexed  thereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules  for the system of aid for cotton  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 791/89  (2), and in  particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 provides that the actual production in each  marketing year is to be determined each year, taking account in particular of the quantities for  which the aid has been applied for; whereas the application of that criterion gives the actual  production for the 1990/91 marketing year indicated below;
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 provides that the estimated production of cotton  must be established before the beginning of each marketing year; whereas, on the basis of the  figures available, the estimated production for the 1991/1992 marketing year should be fixed at the  figure given below;
Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July  1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol No 4 annexed to the Act of  Accession of Greece  (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1357/90  (4), provides that if the  actual production in a given marketing year differs from the estimated production for that year,  the maximum guaranteed quantity for the following marketing year must be adjusted to take account  of the amount of aid that fell to be paid; whereas the actual production in the 1990/91 marketing  year exceeds the estimated production, established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2511/90  (5),  whereas the corresponding reduction in the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed, for the 1991/92  marketing year, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1731/91  (6) should be set;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81, where the maximum guaranteed  quantity is exceeded by the estimated production, the aid should be reduced in accordance with the  criteria laid down in that paragraph; whereas the estimated production for the 1991/92 marketing  year exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed for that year, as given after the adjustment  carried out pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87;  whereas the application of the abovementioned provisions leads to the fixing of a reduction in the  aid equal to that indicated below;
Whereas this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and  Hemp,
1.  For the 1990/91 marketing year,  actual production of unginned cotton is hereby determined at 991  743 tonnes.
2.  For the 1991/92 marketing year:
-  the estimated production is hereby fixed at 888  912 tonnes,
-  the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1731/91 is hereby increased by 43   536 tonnes,
-  the reduction in the amount of the aid is hereby fixed at ECU 6,710 per 100 kilograms.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1991.
This Regulation  shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.