L 220/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.8.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1842/2000 of 30 August 2000 on determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2000/01 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (20 The measures provided for in this Regulation are in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (Y), Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 155495 of 29 June 1995 laying down general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98 (), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires estimated production of cotton to be determined from crop estimates before 1 October of each marketing year. On the basis of the data available the production esti- mate for the 2000/01 marketing year should be as indicated below. accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 2000/01 marketing year estimated production of unginned cotton is — 1250 000 tonnes for Greece, — 320 252 tonnes for Spain, — 0 tonnes for other Member States. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 August 2000. O] L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 45. () O] L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 48. 0] L 190, 4.7.1998, p. 4. For the Commission Giinter VERHEUGEN Member of the Commission