EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 12. 98 L 340/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2708/98
of 15 December 1998
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 laying down detailed implementing rules
for the specific measures for supplying the Azores and Madeira with products
from the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for theAzores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural prod-ucts (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/
96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas the amounts of aid for supplying the Azores and
Madeira with products from the pigmeat sector have beenfixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 of 30June 1992 laying down detailed implementing rules forthe specific measures for supplying the Azores andMadeira with products from the pigmeat sector (
3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2012/98 (4); whereas, in
calculating the aid for the pigmeat products intended forthe Azores and Madeira, it is necessary to take account ofthe relationship that exists between the aids for cerealsand those for pigmeat; whereas as a result of the changesin quotations and prices for cereal products on the Euro-pean territory of the Community and on the worldmarket, the amounts of aid for supplying the Azores andMadeira should be fixed again as set out in the Annex
hereto;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to theintroduction of the euro (
5) provides that as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at therate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 is replaced by
the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 95.
(4) OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1998, p. 3. (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 12. 98 L 340/24
ANNEX
‘ANNEX II
Amounts of aid granted for products referred to in Annex I and coming from the Com-
munity market
(EUR/100 kg net)
Product code Amount of aid
0203 11 10 9000 18,1
0203 12 11 9100 27,1
0203 12 19 9100 18,1
0203 19 11 9100 18,1
0203 19 13 9100 27,1
0203 19 15 9100 18,1
0203 19 55 9110 30,7
0203 19 55 9310 30,7
0203 21 10 9000 18,1
0203 22 11 9100 27,1
0203 22 19 9100 18,1
0203 29 11 9100 18,1
0203 29 13 9100 27,1
0203 29 15 9100 18,1
0203 29 55 9110 30,7
NB: The product codes as well as the footnotes are defined in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1).'