L 179/44 Official Journal of the European Union 1.7.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1006/2006 of 30 June 2006 fixing, for the period 1 July 2005 to 31 March 2006, the aid for unginned cotton for the 2005/06 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 (!) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (?), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (}) provides that the amount of aid for unginned cotton applicable for each period for which a world market price for that product has been determined is to be fixed no later than 30 June of the marketing year concerned. () In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2006 (4) fixes actual production of unginned cotton and the resulting reduction in the guide price for the 2005/06 marketing year. (3)  In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton was fixed periodically during the 2005/06 marketing year. (4)  The amount of aid applicable for each period for which a world market price for unginned cotton has been determined should accordingly be fixed for the 2005/06 marketing year, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the period 1 July 2005 to 31 March 2006, the amounts of the aid for unginned cotton corresponding to the world market prices established in the Regulations listed in the Annex hereto are fixed in that Annex from the date of entry into force of the Regulations concerned. Atrticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 2006. (") Protocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (O] L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1). () OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3. () OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002 (O] L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3). () OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 3. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development