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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2005of 21 September 2005establishing the estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2005/06 marketing year and the resulting provisional reduction of the guide priceTHE 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 cottonProtocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1).,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cottonOJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3., 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 schemeOJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 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: