Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/1999 of 15 June 1999 definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1998 to 31 March 1999 for the 1998/99 marketing year
L 149/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 6. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/1999 of 15 June 1999 definitively fixing the aid for unginned cotton from 1 September 1998 to 31 March 1999 for the 1998/99 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 paragraph 10 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1), 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) 1419/98 (3), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof, (1) Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95, the world market price for unginned cotton is fixed periodically during the marketing year; (2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/1999 (4) fixes actual production of unginned cotton and the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced in each Member State for the 1998/99 marketing year; (3) Whereas Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1664/98 (6), provides for the aid on unginned cotton applicable to each period for which a world market price has been determined to be fixed before 15 July; (4) Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro (7) provides for every reference in a legal instrument to the ecu to be replaced by a reference to the euro at a rate of one euro to one ecu as from 1 January 1999; (5) Whereas the aid for the 1998/99 marketing year should accordingly be fixed definitively, (1) OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. (2) OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 48. (3) OJ L 190, 4. 7. 1998, p. 4. (4) See page 26 of this Official Journal. (5) OJ L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23. (6) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 9. (7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1. 16. 6. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 149/29 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The aid on unginned cotton corresponding to the world prices fixed in Commission (EC) No 1954/98 (2), Regulations (EC) No 1865/98 (1), (EC) No (EC) No 2146/98 (6), (EC) No 2087/98 (5), 2048/98 (4), (EC) No 2302/98 (9), 2243/98 (8), (EC) No 2312/98 (10), 2478/98 (12), (EC) No 2571/98 (13), (EC) No 85/1999 (16), (EC) No 238/1999 (17), (EC) No 262/1999 (18), (EC) No 306/1999 (19), (EC) No 355/1999 (20), (EC) No 371/1999 (21), (EC) No 396/1999 (22), (EC) No 426/1999 (23), (EC) No 474/1999 (24), and (EC) No 687/1999 (25), 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. (EC) No 2195/98 (7), (EC) No 2372/98 (11), (EC) No 2707/98 (14), (EC) No 2859/98 (15), (EC) No 2010/98 (3), (EC) No (EC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 June 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 242, 1. 9. 1998, p. 3. (2) OJ L 253, 15. 9. 1998, p. 17. (3) OJ L 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 20. (4) OJ L 263, 26. 9. 1998, p. 30. (5) OJ L 266, 1. 10. 1998, p. 22. (6) OJ L 270, 7. 10. 1998, p. 46. (7) OJ L 276, 13. 10. 1998, p. 5. (8) OJ L 281, 17. 10. 1998, p. 29. (9) OJ L 287, 24. 10. 1998, p. 23. (10) OJ L 288, 27. 10. 1998, p. 20. (11) OJ L 293, 31. 10. 1998, p. 75. (12) OJ L 308, 18. 11. 1998, p. 37. (13) OJ L 322, 1. 12. 1998, p. 8. (14) OJ L 340, 16. 12. 1998, p. 21. (15) OJ L 358, 31. 12. 1998, p. 77. (16) OJ L 8, 14. 1. 1999, p. 20. (17) OJ L 23, 30. 1. 1999, p. 50. (18) OJ L 30, 4. 2. 1999, p. 27. (19) OJ L 37, 11. 2. 1999, p. 23. (20) OJ L 44, 18. 2. 1999, p. 16. (21) OJ L 45, 19. 2. 1999, p. 37. (22) OJ L 48, 24. 2. 1999, p. 13. (23) OJ L 52, 27. 2. 1999, p. 9. (24) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1999, p. 38. (25) OJ L 86, 30. 3. 1999, p. 13. L 149/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 6. 1999 ANNEX AID FOR UNGINNED COTTON Regulation (EC) No Aid amount (EUR/100 kg) 1865/98 1954/98 2010/98 2048/98 2087/98 2146/98 2195/98 2243/98 2302/98 2312/98 2372/98 2478/98 2571/98 2707/98 2859/98 85/1999 238/1999 262/1999 306/1999 355/1999 371/1999 396/1999 426/1999 474/1999 687/1999 Spain 54,306 57,923 58,716 59,328 59,612 60,642 61,391 61,939 65,028 64,856 65,273 65,744 65,626 65,559 65,808 65,361 65,010 61,952 64,797 62,017 64,818 61,592 61,683 61,017 60,467 Greece 44,101 47,718 48,511 49,123 49,407 50,437 51,186 51,734 54,823 54,651 55,068 55,539 55,421 55,354 55,603 55,156 54,805 51,747 54,592 51,812 54,613 51,387 51,478 50,812 50,262 Portugal 73,227 76,844 77,637 78,249 78,533 79,563 80,312 80,860 83,949 83,777 84,194 84,665 84,547 84,480 84,729 84,282 83,931 80,873 83,718 80,938 83,739 80,513 80,604 79,938 79,388