30. 7. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 197/17 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1876/94 of 27 July 1994 fixing the guide price for unginned cotton for the 1994/95 marketing year THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1553/93 (1), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4), 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 pargraph 2 of that Protocol; Whereas application of the aforementioned criteria leads to the fixing of the guide price as indicated below, This Regulation shall be binding in its enti States. Done at Brussels, 27 July 1994. OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 21. OJ No C 83, 19. 3. 1994, p. 22. O] No C 128, 9. 5. 1994. No C 148, 30. 5. 1994. p. 49. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. For the 1994/95 marketing year, the guide price for unginned cotton shall be ECU 101,46 per 100 kg. 2. The price referred to in pargraph 1 shall be for cotton: — of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, — containing 10 % moisture and 3 % impurities, — with the characteristics required to vyield, after ginning, 54 % of seed and 32 % of fibres of grade No 5 (white middling), with a length of 28 mm (1%"). Article 2 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 September 1994. rety and directly applicable in all Member For the Council The President Th. WAIGEL