Introductory text

United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1006/2006

of 30 June 2006

fixing, for the period 1 July 2005 to 31 March 2006, the aid for unginned cotton for the 2005/06 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 Protocol 4 on cotton^f1 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton^f2, and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme^f3 provides that the amount of aid for unginned cotton applicable for each period for which a world market price for that product has been determined is to be fixed no later than 30 June of the marketing year concerned.

(2)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2006^f4 fixes actual production of unginned cotton and the resulting reduction in the guide price for the 2005/06 marketing year.

(3)

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton was fixed periodically during the 2005/06 marketing year.

(4)

The amount of aid applicable for each period for which a world market price for unginned cotton has been determined should accordingly be fixed for the 2005/06 marketing year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Footnotes

f1: Protocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1).
f2: OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
f3: OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).
f4: OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 3.