31983R2156

30 . 7. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 206/45

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2156/83

of 29 July 1983

fixing the aid for cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 3 and 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2183/81 COMMUNITIES, of 30 July 1981 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton (4), as last amended by Regula­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion (EEC) No 2081 /83 Q ; whereas the world market Economic Community, price is determined on the basis of the most favourable offers and quotations recorded, excluding offers and quotations which cannot be regarded as representative Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and of the real market trend ; in particular paragraphs 3 and 10 of Protocol 4 thereto,

Whereas for the 1983/84 marketing year the offers and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No quotations are increased by those customs duties 2169/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules applied in Greece when importing from other Member for the system of aid for cotton ('), as amended by States ; Regulation (EEC) No 1982/82 (2), and in particular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas the necessary adjustments must be made in cases where the offers and quotations recorded do not Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, satisfy the requirements indicated above ;

Whereas, under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, under Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 , aid must be granted for unginned cotton 2169/81 , if there are no suitable offers or quotations harvested in the Community when the world market for determining the world market price for cotton price for unginned cotton is below the guide price ; seed, this price is to be established on the basis of the value of the products obtained from the processing of those seeds, less the cost of crushing ; whereas this Whereas the aid is equal to the difference between value is determined in accordance with Article 4 of these two prices ; Regulation (EEC) No 2183/81 ;

Whereas the guide price for the 1983/84 marketing Whereas, if the subsidy system is to operate normally, year was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No subsidies should be calculated on the following basis : 1579/83 of 14 June 1983 (3) ;

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas the world market price for unginned cotton relation to each other at any given moment within is determined periodically on the basis of the world a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on market prices recorded for ginned cotton and cotton their central rate, seed, taking into account the estimated yield of the Community harvest in cotton seed and in ginned — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the cotton and also the net cost of ginning ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas the world market price for ginned cotton and in the previous indent ; cotton seed is determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 ; Whereas the aid must be fixed once a month , and in such a way that it can be applied from the first day of Whereas, if the world market price for unginned the month following the date of fixing ; Whereas it cotton cannot be determined as described above, this may be altered between fixings ; price shall be established on the basis of the most recent price determined ; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to Whereas the above values are established on the basis the offers and quotations known to the Commission that the aid for cotton should be as set out in this of the prices determined in accordance with Articles 2, Regulation,

(') OJ No L 211 , 31 . 7. 1981 , p. 2. (2) OJ No L 215, 23 . 7. 1982, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 211 , 31 . 7. 1981 , p . 35 . 0 OJ No L 163, 22. 6 . 1983 , p. 21 . 0 OJ No L 203, 27. 7. 1983, p. 17.

No L 206/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 7 . 83

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article1¶

The aid for unginned cotton referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be 27,126 ECU This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August per 100 kilograms . 1983 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1983 .

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission