NoL8/24 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.1.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No36/96
of10January1996
fixingtheagricultural conversion rates
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92
of28December 1992ontheunitofaccountandthe
conversion ratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagricultural policy('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EC)No150/95(2),andinparticularArticle3(1)
thereof,
Whereastheagricultural conversion rateswerefixedby
Commission Regulation (EC)No3049/95(3);
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No3813/92
providesthat,subjecttoconfirmation periodsbeingtrig­
gered,theagricultural conversion rateforacurrencyisto
beadjustedwherethemonetarygapbetweenitandthe
representative marketrateexceedscertainlevels;
Whereastherepresentative marketratesaredetermined
onthebasisofbasicreferenceperiodsor,whereappli­
cable,confirmation periods,established inaccordance
withArticle2ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1068/93of30April1993ondetailedrulesfordeter­
miningandapplyingtheagricultural conversion rates(4),
aslastamended byRegulation (EC)No2853/95(*);
whereasparagraph 2ofthatArticleprovidesthat,incases
wheretheabsolutevalueofthedifference betweenthe
monetarygapsintwoMemberStates,calculatedfromthe
averageoftheecuratesforthreeconsecutive quotation
days,exceedssixpoints,therepresentative marketrates
aretobeadjustedonthebasisofthethreequotationdays
inquestion ;
Whereas ,asaconsequence oftheexchangeratesrecorded
from1to10January1996,itisnecessarytofixanew
agricultural conversion ratefortheSwedishkrona;
WhereasArticle15(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1068/93
providesthatanagricultural conversion ratefixedinadvanceistobeadjustedifthegapbetweenthatrateand
theagricultural conversion rateinforceatthetimeofthe
operative eventapplicable fortheamountconcerned
exceedsfourpoints;whereas,inthatevent,theagricul­
turalconversion ratefixedinadvanceisbroughtmore
closelyintolinewiththerateinforce,uptothelevelofa
gapoffourpointswiththatrate;whereastheratewhich
replacestheagricultural conversion ratefixedinadvance
shouldbespecified ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
Theagricultural conversion ratesarefixedinAnnexI
hereto.
Article2
InthecasereferredtoinArticle15(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93,theagricultural conversion ratefixed
inadvanceshallbereplacedbytheecurateforthe
currencyconcerned ,showninAnnexII:
—TableA,wherethelatterrateishigherthantherate
fixedinadvance ,
—TableB,wherethelatterrateislowerthantherate
fixedinadvance .
Article3
Regulation (EC)No3049/95isherebyrepealed .
Article4
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon11January
1996.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10January1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(2)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.0OJNoL316,30.12.1995,p.42.
(<)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
MOJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.

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ANNEXI
Agricultural conversion rates
ECU139,5239
7,49997
1,90616
311,761
198,202
6,61023
5,88000
2,14021
0,829498
2164,34
13,4084
165,198
8,93762
0,856563Belgianand
Luxembourg francs
Danishkroner
German marks
Greekdrachmas
Portuguese escudos
Frenchfrancs
Finnishmarks
Dutchguilders
Irishpunt
Italianlire
Austrianschillings
Spanishpesetas
Swedishkroner
Poundsterling
ANNEXII
Agricultural conversion ratesfixedinadvanceandadjusted
TableA TableB
ECU1=38,0038 Belgianand ECU1=41,1707 Belgianand
Luxembourg francs Luxembourg francs
7,21151 Danishkroner 7,81247 Danishkroner
1,83285 German marks 1,98558 German marks
299,770 Greekdrachmas 324,751 Greekdrachmas
190,579 Portuguese escudos 206,460 Portuguese escudos
6,35599 Frenchfrancs 6,88566 Frenchfrancs
5,65385 Finnishmarks 6,12500 Finnishmarks
2,05789 Dutchguilders 2,22939 Dutchguilders
0,797594 Irishpunt 0,864060 Irishpunt
2081,10 Italianlire 2254,52 Italianlire
12,8927 Austrianschillings 13,9671 Austrianschillings
158,844 Spanishpesetas 172,081 Spanishpesetas
8,59387 Swedishkroner 9,31002 Swedishkroner
0,823618 Poundsterling 0,892253 Poundsterling