31981R2168

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( 1 ) OJ NO C 97 , 29 . 4 . 1981 , P . 11 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 144 , 15 . 6 . 1981 , P . 121 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2168/81

OF 27 JULY 1981

FIXING , FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE GUIDE PRICE FOR UNGINNED COTTON AND THE QUANTITY OF COTTON FOR WHICH AID MAY BE GRANTED IN FULL

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR PARAGRAPHS 8 AND 9 OF PROTOCOL 4 ON COTTON ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

WHEREAS PARAGRAPH 8 OF PROTOCOL 4 STATES THAT THE GUIDE PRICE FOR COTTON THAT HAS NOT BEEN GINNED IS TO BE FIXED ANNUALLY BY REFERENCE TO THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 OF THAT PROTOCOL ; WHEREAS PARAGRAPH 9 STATES THAT THE QUANTITY OF COTTON FOR WHICH AID SHALL BE GRANTED IN FULL IS TO BE FIXED ANNUALLY BY REFERENCE TO THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 3 ;

WHEREAS REFERENCE TO THESE CRITERIA GIVES THE GUIDE PRICE AND THE QUANTITY OF COTTON INDICATED BELOW ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR THE GUIDE PRICE FOR UNGINNED COTTON SHALL BE 76 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS .

2 . THE PRICE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE FOR COTTON :

- CONTAINING 14 % MOISTURE AND 3 % OF INORGANIC EXTRANEOUS MATTER ;

- WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED TO YIELD , AFTER GINNING , 54 % OF SEED AND 32 % OF FIBRES OF GRADE 5 , AS DEFINED IN GREECE , WITH A LENGTH OF 28 MM .

ARTICLE 2

1 . FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR THE QUANTITY OF COTTON REFERRED TO IN SUBPARAGRAPH ( A ) OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 9 OF PROTOCOL 4 SHALL BE 430 000 TONNES .

2 . THE QUANTITY OF COTTON REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE UNGINNED COTTON OF THE QUALITY INDICATED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ).

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 AUGUST 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER