31986R1467

21.5.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 133 / 25

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1467/86 of 13 May 1986

fixing the minimum price for unginned cotton for the 1986/87 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas under Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, a price level identical Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European to that of the common prices has been applied in both Economic Community, countries ,

Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular paragraphs 8 and 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Article 1 and in particular by Protocol 14 thereto, For the 1986/ 87 marketing year, the minimum price for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No unginned cotton referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2169/ 81 shall be 91,23 ECU per 100 2169/ 81 of 27 July 1981 laying down general rules for the system of aid for cotton ('), as last amended by kilograms . Regulation (EEC) No 1976/ 85 (2), and in particular Article 2 Article 9(1 ) thereof, The price referred to in Article 1 shall apply to unginned Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), cotton which meets the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1466 / 86 of 13 May 1986 Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169 / 81 fixing, for the 1986 / 87 marketing year, the guide price provides that the Council shall each year fix a minimum for unginned cotton and the quantity of cotton for which price for unginned cotton ; whereas that price must be aid may be granted in full (4). fixed so as to guarantee sales for producers at a price as close as possible to the guide price, taking into account The said price shall relate to goods at the farm gate. market fluctuations and the cost of transporting Article 3 unginned cotton from the production areas to the ginning areas ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned European Communities. objectives, this minimum price must be fixed for a well­ defined standard quality and marketing stage ; It shall apply from 1 September 1986 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .

For the Council

The President

W. F. van EEKELEN

(') OJ No L 21 1 , 31 . 7 . 1981 , p . 2 . O OJ No L 186 , 19 . 7 . 1985 , p. 1 . (J) OJ No C 85 , 14 . 4 . 1986 , p . 27 . (4) See page 24 of this Official Journal.