NoL44/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.2.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No353/91
of14February1991
fixingtherepresentativemarketratestobeappliedforcertainamountsinthecontextof
thecommonagriculturalpolicyand,inparticular,forthecalculationofthemonetary
compensatory amounts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1677/85of11June1985onmonetarycompensatory
amountsinagriculture(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(2),andinparticularArticle9(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3578/88of17November1988layingdowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofthesystemfortheautomatic
dismantlement ofnegativemonetarycompensatory
amounts(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
287/91(4),andinparticularArticle7thereof,
Whereasthemonetarycompensatory amounts'
introducedbyRegulation(EEC)No1677/85werefixed
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1207/90(s),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No352/91(6),on
thebasisofthecentralratesand,forcertainMember
States,onthebasisoftheexchangeratesreferredtoin
Article3ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3153/85
of11November1985layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
calculationofmonetarycompensatory amounts(7),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3672/89(8);
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3aofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3152/85of11November1985
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofRegu­lation(EEC)No1676/85onthevalueoftheunitof
accountandtheconversionratestobeappliedforthe
purposesofthecommonagriculturalpolicy(9),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3237/90(I0),the
ratesusedtofixor,whereappropriate,adjustthe
monetarycompensatoryamounts,fromthistimeforth
definedasrepresentativemarketrates,aretobeusedfor
theconversionintoecusoftheamountsrelatingtoworld
marketdataandexpressedinthenationalcurrencyofa
MemberState;whereas,pursuanttoArticle2(4)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85("),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90,thoserates
arealsotobeusedfortheconversionofcertainother
agriculturalamounts;whereastheratesinquestion
shouldbefixedtomakeiteasiertousethem,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherepresentativemarketratesreferredtoinArticle3a
ofRegulation(EEC)No3152/85,tobeappliedfor
certainamountsinthecontextofthecommonagri­
culturalpolicyandusedtofixor,whereappropriate,to.
adjustthemonetarycompensatoryamounts,shallbeset
outintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18February
1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindingin.itsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14February1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
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OOJNoL310,21.11.1985,p.4.
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(,0)OJNoL310,9.11.1990,p.18.
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18.2.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL44/47
ANNEX
Representativemarketratestobeappliedforcertainamountsinthecontextofthecommonagricul­turalpolicyand,inparticular,forthecalculationofthemonetarycompensatoryamounts .
I100Lit 1£ 1£Irl 1ECU
Bfrs/Lfrs 2,75661 60,5688 .55,2545 48,5563
Dkr 0,509801 11,2015 10,2186 8,97989
DM 0,133650 2,93659 2,67893 2,35418
FF 0,448246 9,84895 8,98480 7,89563
F1 0,150590 3,30878 3,01847 2,65256
£Irl 0,0498894 1,09618— 0,878776
£ 0,0455121— 0,912260 0,801672
Lit — 2197,22 2004,44 1761,45
Dr 14,2371 312,821 285,374 250,780
Esc 11,7992 •259,254 236,507 207,837
Pta 8,36209-183,733 167,613 147,294