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"Madam President, with a view to supplementing the reforms of the common agricultural policy which were adopted in June 2003, the Council adopted a regulation on 29 April 2004 which partially decouples support for cotton, olive oil, tobacco and hops, and integrates them into the single-payment system. This reform is due to enter into force on 1 January 2006.
With regard to cotton production, it was agreed that, to avoid any disruption of production in the cotton-growing regions of the Community, part of the support would remain linked to cotton-growing and would comprise a payment per eligible hectare. The amount of this payment should guarantee that economic conditions in the regions where cotton can be grown are favourable enough to ensure that production continues and that cotton is not supplanted by other crops.
To this end, the total aid available per hectare for each of the relevant Member States was fixed at 35% of the national share from which growers benefited indirectly through the ginners in the reference period from 2000 to 2002. The establishment of a basic acreage for each Member State, designed to limit the total area sown with cotton plants, is in line with budgetary constraints and takes account of the specific features of the crop. The establishment of ceilings for cotton production should also be seen in the context of the Doha round of WTO trade negotiations, during which the developing countries, and particularly the West African cotton-producing countries – which have featured prominently in this afternoon’s deliberations – expressed concerns about the cotton sector.
Through this reform, the Community wishes to send an important signal to the WTO and particularly to the developing countries."@en1
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