19.10.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL267/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2006/96
of18October 1996
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)No1955/96(3);
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No3813/92
providesthat,subjecttoconfirmation periodsbeingtrig­
gered,theagricultural conversion rateforacurrencyisto
beadjustedwherethemonetarygapbetweenitandthe
representative marketrateexceedscertainlevels;
Whereastherepresentative marketratesaredetermined
onthebasisofbasicreferenceperiodsor,whereapplic­
able,confirmation periods,established inaccordance with
Article2ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No1068/93of
30April1993ondetailedrulesfordetermining and
applying theagricultural conversion rates(4),aslast
amended byRegulation (EC)No1482/96(*);whereas
paragraph 2ofthatArticleprovidesthat,incaseswhere
theabsolutevalueofthedifference betweenthemonetary
gapsintwoMemberStates,calculated fromtheaverageof
theecuratesforthreeconsecutive quotation days,exceeds
sixpoints,therepresentative marketratesaretobe
adjustedonthebasisofthethreequotation daysinques­
tion;
Whereas ,asaconsequence oftheexchangeratesrecorded
from11to20October1996,itisnecessary tofixanew
agricultural conversion ratefortheAustrianschilling ,the
Dutchguilder,theGermanmarkandtheBelgianfranc;WhereasArticle15(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1068/93
providesthatanagricultural conversion ratefixedin
advanceistobeadjustedifthegapbetweenthatrateand
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)No1955/96isherebyrepealed .
Article4
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon21October
1996.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,18October1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
2OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL258,11.10.1996,p.17.
(4)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
5OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.

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ANNEXI
Agricultural conversion rates
ECU1=39,6374
7,49997
1,92391
311,761
198,202
6,61023
6,02811
2,15840
0,829498
1973,93
13,5355
165,198
8,64446
0,833821Belgianand
Luxembourg francs
Danishkroner
German marks
Greekdrachmas
Portuguese escudos
Frenchfrancs
Finnishmarks
Dutchguilders
Irishpunt
Italianlire
Austrianschillings
Spanishpesetas
Swedishkroner
Poundsterling
ANNEXII
Agricultural conversion ratesfixedinadvanceandadjusted
TableA TableB
ECU1=38,1129 Belgianand ECU1=41,2890 Belgianand
Luxembourg francs Luxembourg francs
7,21151 Danishkroner 7,81247 Danishkroner
1,84991 German marks 2,00407 German marks
299,770 Greekdrachmas 324,751 Greekdrachmas
190,579 Portuguese escudos 206,460 Portuguese escudos
6,35599 Frenchfrancs 6,88566 Frenchfrancs
5,79626 Finnishmarks 6,27928 Finnishmarks
2,07538 Dutchguilders 2,24833 Dutchguilders
0,797594 Irishpunt 0,864060 Irishpunt
1898,01 Italianlire 2056,18 Italianlire
13,0149 Austrianschillings 14,0995 Austrianschillings
158,844 Spanishpesetas 172,081 Spanishpesetas
8,31198 Swedishkroner 9,00465 Swedish kroner
0,801751 Poundsterling 0,868564 Poundsterling