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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1866/90
of 2 July 1990
onarrangementsforusingtheecuforthepurposesofthebudgetarymanagementoftheStructural
Funds
(OJ L 170, 3.7.1990, p. 36)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/94 of 23 February 1994 L 54 9 25.2.1994
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 of 10 November 1994 L 290 4 11.11.1994
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1866/90
of 2 July 1990
on arrangements for using the ecu for the purposes of the budg-
etary management of the Structural Funds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19
December 1988 layingdown provisions for implementingReg ulation(EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of thedifferent Structural Funds between themselves and with the operationsof the European Investment Bank and the other existingfinancial instru-ments(
1), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
After consultation of the Committee for the Developement and Recon-
version of Regions and the Committee referred to in Article 124 of theTreaty;
Whereas, in connection with the Structural Funds, Article 22 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 4253/88 provides that Commission decisions, commit-ments and payments shall be denominated and carried out in ecus inaccordance with arrangements to be drawn up; whereas that provisionhas not affected as such the agri-monetary arrangements laid down bythe Council; whereas this Regulation does not affect the application byMember States, in respect of the amounts fixed in ecus by the Councilwithin the framework of the policy on agricultural structures, of theconversion rate fixed in the Annexes to Council Regulation (EEC) No1678/85 (
2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1129/89 (3);
Whereas given the transitional character of Article 10 (3) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 (4), it is obvious that the new system will
only be applied, in the sector of the EAGGF guidance section relating tothe marketingand processingof ag ricultural and forestry products, aswell as of fishery products, to grant requests made after the entry inforce of Council Regulations (EEC) No 866/90 (
5) and (EEC) No 867/
90 (6) envisaged under Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88,
for agricultural and forestry products, and after 31 December 1990 forfishery products;
Whereas the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Develop-
ment has not delivered an opinion in the time-limit laid down by itsChairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Plans
The plans referred to in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
4253/88 shall be submitted by Member States in ecus or in nationalcurrency.
(1) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11.
(3) OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 25.
(5) OJ No L 91, 6. 4. 1990, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 91, 6. 4. 1990, p. 7.
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Article 2
Community support frameworks, single programming documents,
proposals for Community initiatives and Community structuralassistance for measures under Article 31 (1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2328/91
Financingplans for Community support frameworks and sing le
programming documents shall be drawn up in ecus and shall not besubject to indexation, save where the second paragraph applies.
In Commission Decisions approving:
— Community support frameworks,— single programming documents,— forecasts of expenditure on measures under the Regulations referred
to in Article 31 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91,
and in decisions proposingCommunity initiatives to the Member States,
the Community aid decided upon for the entire period and the annualbreakdown thereof shall be set out in ecus at the rate for the year ofeach decision and shall be subject to indexation.
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Article 3
Applications for assistance
Financingplans accompanyingapplications for assistance, which are
governed by Articles 14 to 18 to Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, shall besubmitted to the Commission in ecus or in national currency.
In the latter case, the reference exchange rate shall be the rate in force
in the month of receipt of the application, as defined in Article 91 ofCommission Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 610/86 of 11December 1986 layingdown detailed rules for the implementation ofcertain provisions of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 (
1)
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Article 4
Grant decisions by the Commission
The amount of the grant and the financing plan approved by the
Commission shall be expressed in ecus and shall not be subject toindexation.
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Article 5
Payments
1. Statements of expenditure supportingthe correspondingpayment
requests shall be made in ecus or in national currency.
2. Member States which submit their statements of expenditure in
ecus shall convert the amounts of expenditure incurred in nationalcurrency into ecus applyingthe rate for the month duringwhich theexpenditure was recorded in the accounts of the bodies responsible forthe financial management of the programme. To this end, the Commis-sion shall inform Member States each month of the rate applicable.
3. Statements of expenditure in national currency shall be converted
into ecus at the rate for the month in which the Commission receivesthese statements.
4. The Member States shall specify in their grant applications
referred to in Article 3 which of the two systems described in para-
(1) OJ No L 360, 19. 12. 1986, p. 1.
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graphs 2 and 3 of this Article they intend to adopt for their statementsof expenditure.
5. Grants made by the Commission shall be paid in ecus to the
authority designated by the Member State to receive the payments.
Article 6
Transitional arrangements
In the sector of the contribution under the EAGGF guidance section for
measures relatingto the marketingand processingof ag ricultural andforestry products, this Regulation applies to grant applications madefrom the date of entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 foragricultural products, and of Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 for forestryproducts, and from 31 December 1990 for fishery products.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.