Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/98 of 22 June 1998 definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1997 to 31 March 1998 for the 1997/98 marketing year
L 178/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 6. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1290/98 of 22 June 1998 definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1997 to 31 March 1998 for the 1997/98 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, unginned cotton applicable to each period for which a world market price has been determined to be fixed before 15 July; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas the aid for the 1997/98 marketing year should accordingly be fixed definitively, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular paragraphs 3 and 10 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 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 2169/81 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1584/ 96 (3), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof, Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95, the world market price for unginned cotton is fixed periodically during the marketing year; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1256/98 (4) fixes actual production of unginned cotton for the 1997/ 98 marketing year, the amount by which the guide price in each Member State is to be reduced under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 and the increase in the amount of aid in accordance with Article 2(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/95; Whereas Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules imple- menting the system of aid for cotton (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1740/97 (7), provides for the aid on (1) OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. (2) OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 48. (3) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 16. (4) OJ L 173, 18. 6. 1998, p. 15. (5) OJ L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14. (6) OJ L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23. (7) OJ L 244, 6. 9. 1997, p. 1. Article 1 (EC) No 1949/97 (12), The aid on unginned cotton corresponding to the world prices fixed in Commission Regulations (EC) No 1700/ 97 (8), (EC) No 1736/97 (9), (EC) No 1829/97 (10), (EC) No 1908/97 (11), (EC) No 2159/97 (13), (EC) No 2245/97 (14), (EC) No 2367/97 (15), (EC) No 2547/ 97 (16), (EC) No 2642/97 (17), (EC) No 29/98 (18), (EC) No 102/98 (19), (EC) No 207/98 (20), (EC) No 253/98 (21), (EC) No 391/98 (22), (EC) No 479/98 (23) and (EC) No 606/ 98 (24) shall be as set out in the Annex hereto, which amount shall be fixed definitively from the entry into force of each of the Regulations concerned. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (8) OJ L 239, 30. 8. 1997, p. 26. (9) OJ L 243, 5. 9. 1997, p. 43. (10) OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1997, p. 21. (11) OJ L 268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 18. (12) OJ L 275, 8. 10. 1997, p. 3. (13) OJ L 298, 1. 11. 1997, p. 27. (14) OJ L 307, 12. 11. 1997, p. 24. (15) OJ L 329, 29. 11. 1997, p. 11. (16) OJ L 347, 18. 12. 1997, p. 36. (17) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 32. (18) OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1998, p. 60. (19) OJ L 9, 15. 1. 1998, p. 37. (20) OJ L 21, 28. 1. 1998, p. 12. (21) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 27. (22) OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1998, p. 44. (23) OJ L 60, 28. 2. 1998, p. 48. (24) OJ L 80, 18. 3. 1998, p. 23. 23. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 178/25 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 June 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission ANNEX AID FOR UNGINNED COTTON Amount of aid (ECU/100 kg) Regulation (EC) No 1700/97 1736/97 1829/97 1908/97 1949/97 2159/97 2245/97 2367/97 (1) 2547/97 2642/97 29/98 102/98 207/98 253/98 391/98 479/98 606/98 Spain 42,786 45,998 44,591 44,591 45,395 45,877 46,881 46,957 47,687 47,702 46,964 47,797 48,562 48,562 49,319 49,552 48,751 Greece 50,015 53,227 51,820 51,820 52,624 53,106 54,110 54,186 54,916 54,931 54,193 55,026 55,791 55,791 56,548 56,781 55,980 Portugal 65,974 66,926 67,779 67,779 68,583 69,065 70,069 70,145 70,875 70,890 70,152 70,985 71,750 71,750 72,507 72,740 71,939 (1) Corrected by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2392/97 (OJ L 330, 2. 12. 1997, p. 15)