31986R0459

1 . 3 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 53 / 13

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 459/86 of 25 February 1986 fixing, for the 1985/86 marketing year, the guide price for unginned cotton applicable in Spain

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Article 69 of the Act permits , in such a case, the appli­ cation of the common price ; whereas use should be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European made of this possibility ; Economic Community , Whereas, pursuant to Article 394 of the Act, the price Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and fixed by this Regulation is applicable from 1 March 1986 . Portugal , and in particular Article 89 ( 1 ) thereof,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton annexed to the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Act of Accession of Greece , as amended by Protocol No 14 annexed to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal , and in particular paragraph 13 thereof, Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 1 . For the period from 1 March 1986 to the end of the 1985 / 86 marketing year the guide price applicable in Whereas the first paragraph of Article 68 of the Act of Spain hereby fixed at ECU per 100 kilograms . Accession provides that the prices to be applied in Spain before the first move towards price alignment, 2 . The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for are to be fixed , in accordance with the rules provided cotton for in the common organization of the market, at a level corresponding to that of prices fixed in Spain — containing 14% moisture and 3 % non-organic for­ under the previous national system for a representative eign matter, period to be determined ; whereas, pursuant to Protocol — with the characteristics necessary to yield , after gin­ No 14 annexed to the Act, this provision applies in res­ ning, 54% seed and 32% fibres of Grade No 5 as pect of unginned cotton to the guide price ; whereas, in defined in Greece, of 28 millimetres in length . accordance with the joint declarations annexed to the Act, the prices for the 1985 / 86 marketing year should be used ; Article 2

Whereas the variation found between the common This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 . guide price and that of Spain is less than 3 % ; whereas

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

Done at Brussels , 25 February 1986 .

For the Council The President G. BRAKS