No L 204/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 8. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2064/95 of 29 August 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton 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, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1533/95 ('), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/95, and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2165/81 (%), and in particular Article 11 (1) thereof, Whereas, as a result of the major adjustments made to the system of aid for cotton by Regulations (EC) No 1553/94 and (EC) No 1554/94, it is necessary to make the amend- ments arising therefrom to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/93 (%) ; Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 introduces changes to the method for calculating the world market price for unginned cotton, in particular by providing that it be determined on the basis of the historical relationship between the world price determined for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton; whereas the coefficient which represent the historical relationship should be fixed ; whereas the calculation method should also be adapted to take account of the fact that the average of the offers and quotations is to be recorded for cotton delivered cif at a northern European port and not at Piracus, save in exceptional cases; whereas certain provisions for determining the world market price are no longer applicable and may be abolished ; Whereas, as a result of the adjustments to the aid system, an advance on the aid is to be paid from 16 October following the start of the marketing year, and the balance is to be paid before the end of the marketing year once actual production has been determined and any adjust- () OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. () O] No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14. () O] No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 48. () OJ No L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23. () OJ No L 185, 28. 7. 1993, p. 19. ments to the aid amount as referred to in Article 2 (3) and {4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 have been made; whereas, consequently, it is no longer necessary for the amount of the aid to be fixed regularly ; whereas provision should be made for the fixing, not later than 15 July, of the aid amounts applicable for each period corresponding to that for which a world market price has been deter- mined ; whereas a time limit should also be laid down for determining the advance ; Whereas, in order to allow actual production to be deter- mined before the end of June, the period within which the aid applications are to be lodged should be shortened to the end of April ; whereas provision should be made so that lodgement of the aid application shortly after the closing date does not result in the aid being totally forfeited ; Whereas Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 provides for an increase in the aid where certain condi- tions are fulfilled and up to certain maximum limits; whereas rules should be laid down for determining this increase ; whereas provision should also be made for the communication by the Member States of additional infor- mation required for verifying that the conditions are fulfilled ; Whereas Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 lays down that the quantity of cotton for which the aid is paid is to be calculated on the basis of the percentage of ginned cotton produced from the quantity of unginned cotton ; whereas, therefore, the qualitative analysis of each consignment of unginned cotton and the adjustment of their weight are no longer necessary ; whereas provision should be made for the notification by the ginner of the quantity of ginned cotton produced from each quantity of unginned cotton taken into supervised storage; whereas the method for determining the weight of ginned cotton should be established by providing in particular for sample checks and for the adjustment rate in relation to the grade recorded; Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 lays - down that, where the quality of the cotton delivered differs from the standard quality, the price agreed is to be adjusted proportionally to that difference by common consent between the contrating parties; whereas this requirement should be provided that the Member States verify the proportional nature of such adjustments; whereas the contract should also include the terms of payment since the ginner receives the balance of the aid only at the end of the marketing year;