31991R1856

29 . 6. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 168/31

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1856/91 of 28 June 1991 fixing the aid for cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, if the world market price for unginned cotton cannot be determined as described above, this price shall Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European be established on the basis of the most recent price deter­ Economic Community, mined ;

\ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas the world market price for unginned cotton is Portugal, equal to the sum of the values for ginned cotton and cotton seed defined in Article 1 of Commission Regula­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in tion (EEC) No 1201 /89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules particular paragraphs 3 and 10 of Protocol 4 on cotton implementing the system of aid for cotton (*), as last annexed thereto, as amended by Protocol 14 annexed to amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2432/90 (6), minus the the Act of Accession of Spain and of Portugal, and Regu­ cost of ginning ; lation (EEC) No 4006/87 ('),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 Whereas the above values are established on the basis of of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the the prices determined in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 system of aid for cotton (2), as last amended by Regulation of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201 /89 ; whereas (EEC) No 791 /89 (3), and in particular Article 5 (1 ) thereof, the world market price is determined on the basis of the most favourable offers and quotations recorded, excluding Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, offers and quotations which cannot be regarded as repre­ sentative of the real market trend ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 , aid must be granted for unginned cotton harvested in the Community when the world market Whereas the necessary adjustments must be made in cases price for unginned cotton is below the guide price ; where the offers and quotations recorded do not satisfy the requirements indicated above ; Whereas the aid is equal to the difference between these two prices ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 , if there are no suitable offers or quotations for Whereas the guide price for cotton has been fixed by determining the world market price for cotton seed, that Council Regulation (EEC) No 1730/91 (4) for the 1991 /92 price shall be established on the basis of the most marketing year ; favourable offers and quotations for cotton seed recorded on the Community market or, if those offers and quota­ Whereas the abatement of the subsidy which arises, where tions cannot be established on the basis of the value of appropriate, from the system of maximum guaranteed the products obtained from processing the seed in the quantities for the 1991 /92 marketing year, has not, to Community, less the processing cost ; whereas this value date, been fixed ; whereas the aid should therefore be is determined in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation fixed on the basis of a provisional abatement which, in (EEC) No 1201 /89 ; the light of harvest forecasts, has been set at ECU 14,379 per 100 kg ; Whereas, if the subsidy system is to operate normally, Whereas the world market price for unginned cotton is subsidies should be calculated on the following basis : determined periodically on the basis of the world market prices recorded for ginned cotton and cotton seed, taking into account the estimated yield of the Community — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ harvest in cotton seed and in ginned cotton and also the tion to each other at any given moment within a band net cost of ginning ; of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Whereas the world market price for ginned cotton and the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ cotton seed is determined in accordance with Article 4 of tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­ Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 ; tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),

(') OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 49 . O OJ No L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23. 0 OJ No L 211 , 31 . 7. 1981 , p. 2. (6) OJ No L 228 , 22. 8 . 1990, p. 23. o OJ No L 85, 30. 3. 1989, p. 7. o OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 163, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Article 1 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ 1 . The aid for unginned cotton provided for in Article cient referred to in the preceding indent ; 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 shall be ECU 48,650 per 100 kilograms. Whereas the aid must be fixed once a month, and in such 2. However, the amount of the aid will be confirmed or a way that it can be applied from the first day of the replaced with effect from 1 July 1991 to take account of month following the date of fixing ; whereas it may be the impact of the maximum guaranted quantity system altered between fixings ; on 1991 /92 marketing year.

Whereas it follows from applying these provisions to the Article 2 offers and quotations known to the Commission that the aid for cotton should be as set out in this Regulation, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1991 .

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission