---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1427.1203"
title: "7"
number: "1427.1203"
heading: "Eligible ELS cotton."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1427.1203"
---

# §1427.1203. Eligible ELS cotton.

- (a) For the purposes of this subpart, eligible ELS cotton is domestically produced baled ELS cotton that is:
  - (1) Opened by an eligible domestic user on or after February 7, 2014, or
  - (2) Exported by an eligible exporter on or after February 7, 2014, during a Friday through Thursday period in which a payment rate determined under [§ 1427.1207](/cfr/7/1427.1207.md) is in effect, and that meets the requirements of paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section;
- (b) Eligible ELS cotton must be either:
  - (1) Baled lint, including baled lint classified by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service as Below Grade; or
  - (2) **Loose.**
- (c) Eligible ELS cotton must not be:
  - (1) ELS for which a payment, under the provisions of this subpart, has been made available;
  - (2) Imported ELS cotton;
  - (3) Raw, unprocessed motes;
  - (4) Textile mill wastes; or
  - (5) **Semi-processed or re-ginned, processed motes.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 67343, Nov. 7, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 65724, Nov. 5, 2008; 80 FR 138, Jan. 2, 2015]

### Source

Source: 70 FR 67343, Nov. 7, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7231-7237, 7931-7936, 9011, and 9031-40, 15 U.S.C. 714b and c.

### Amendments

[70 FR 67343, Nov. 7, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 65724, Nov. 5, 2008; 80 FR 138, Jan. 2, 2015]