# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1531/2005

of 21 September 2005

establishing the estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2005/06 marketing year and the resulting provisional reduction of the guide price

## Preamble

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 [^1] ,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton [^2] , and in particular the first indent of Article 19(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Under Article 16(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme [^3] , the estimated production of unginned cotton referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 and the resulting provisional reduction of the guide price must be established before 10 September of the marketing year concerned.

**(2)** Under Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 account must be taken of crop forecasts when establishing the estimated production.

**(3)** The provisional reduction of the guide price is to be calculated in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, but replacing actual production with estimated production plus 15 %.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

**1.** For the 2005/06 marketing year, estimated production of unginned cotton is hereby fixed at: — 1 050 000 tonnes for Greece, — 315 423 tonnes for Spain, — 611 tonnes for Portugal.

**2.** For the 2005/06 marketing year, the provisional reduction of the guide price is hereby fixed at: — 34,654 EUR/100 kg for Greece, — 25,299 EUR/100 kg for Spain, — 0 EUR/100 kg for Portugal.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 September 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] Protocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 ( [OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2001_148_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2001_148_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2001_210_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002 ( [OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2002_223_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: Protocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 ().
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[^3]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002 ().