9. 9. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L'263/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2733/89 of 8 September 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, : Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4006/87 (!), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC):No 791/89 (), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas the second subparagraph of - Article 11 of Commission -Regulation. (EEC) No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton (*) provides for the possibility of applying the’ yields referred to in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation; whereas those yields are insufficient in view of the charac- teristics of the product ; whereas they should therefore be replaced taking into account the vyield in fibres determined when the cotton is-placed under supervision ; Whereas Article 15 of that Regulation specifies the conversion rate to be applied to the minimum :price and the aid ; whereas those conversion rates involve drawbacks for the operators concerned ; whereas the application in both cases of the conversion rate applying on the day of placing under supervision of the product seems the most appropriate ; whereas Article 15 should be adapted accordingly ; - Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In the second subparagraph of Article 11, ‘by applying - the yields referred to in Article 1 (2) is replaced by ‘by applying the yields in fibre determined when the cotton is placed under supervision, on the basis of an analysis of at least 10 % of the consignments’. 2. Article 15 is replaced by the following: Article 15 The conversion rate to -be applied to the minimum price and to the aid shall be the representative rate in force on - the day the cotton is placed under supervision.’ ‘ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication -in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from the 1989/90 marketing year. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable-in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 September 1989. () OJ No L 377, 31. 121987, p. 49. () OJ No L 211, 31. 7. 1981, p. 2. () OJ No L 85, 30. 3. 1989, p. 7. () OF No L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission