Commission Regulation (EC) No 961/98 of 7 May 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates
Date: 1998-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, primary sector, representative rate

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 961/98

of 7 May 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 on detailed rules for determining and
applying the agricultural conversion rates

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the value of the unit of account
and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of
the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (2), and in particular Article
6(2a) and Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Article 13(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1068/93 (3), as
No 1482/96 (4), provides
that where the agricultural
conversion rate is fixed in advance, the relevant certificate
is only valid in a single Member State; whereas the limita-
tion on the validity of certificates fixing the agricultural
conversion rate in advance to the territory of a single
Member State constitutes a derogation from the general
rule whereby certificates are valid and can be used
throughout the Community; whereas that limitation on
the validity of certificates to a single Member State was
introduced to prevent risks of speculation following the
fixing in advance of the agricultural conversion rate;

Whereas it transpires that the objective can be achieved
by less restrictive measures than those laid down by the
arrangements in force; whereas the limitation of
the
validity of certificates fixing the agricultural conversion
rate in advance to the territory of a single Member State
should therefore be lifted and provision should be made
at the same time for suitable measures to prevent specula-
tion;

Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 lays
down the indications to be entered in certificate applica-
tions and in certificates relating to the limitation of the
validity of certificates fixing the agricultural conversion
rate in advance; whereas those indications should be
deleted;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinions of
the Management
Committees concerned,

(1) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 13(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3. During the term of validity of advance fixing of
the agricultural conversion rate and in order to qualify
for the rate fixed in advance, certificates must be used
in the Member State specified by the applicant at the
time the application for advance fixing of the agricul-
tural conversion rate is submitted.

Where certificates are used in the Member State other
than that specified on the certificate by the applicant,
the agricultural conversion rate to be applied shall be:

— the lowest rate applied in the Member State of
utilisation of
the certificate from the date of
advance fixing of the rate until the date of utilisa-
tion of the certificate, less 5 %, where an amount
to be granted to the operators is concerned,

— the highest rate applied in the Member State of
utilisation of
the certificate from the date of
advance fixing of the rate until the date of utilisa-
tion of the certificate, plus 5 %, where an amount
to be paid by the operator is concerned.

Section 20 of applications
import and export
licences and the relevant certificates shall bear one of
the following:

for

— Estado miembro designado para la utilizaci(cid:155)n:
. . . . . . — aplicaci(cid:155)n del apartado 3 del art(cid:146)culo 13
del Reglamento (CEE) no 1068/93

— Medlemsstat angivet

for licensudnyttelsen:

— anvendelse af artikel 13, stk. 3,
(EØF) nr. 1068/93

. . . . . .
i forordning

— Bestimmungsmitgliedstaat gem(cid:132)ß Artikel 13 Absatz
3 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 1068/93 ist . . . . . .
— Oqish ˜em jq ˜ator l ˜ekor wqgsilopoi ˜gseyr: . . . . . .
— evaqloc ˜g tou ˜aqhqou 13 paq ˜acqavor 3 tou
jamomislo ˜u (EOJ) aqih. 1068/93
— Member State of utilisation specified:

. . . . . . —

Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93
— (cid:144)tat membre d’utilisation d(cid:130)sign(cid:130): . . . . . . — appli-
cation de l’article 13 paragraphe 3 du r(cid:138)glement
(CEE) no 1068/93

— Stato membro di utilizzazione designato: . . . . . . —
in virt(cid:151) dell’articolo 13, paragrafo 3, del regola-
mento (CEE) n. 1068/93

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— Voor gebruik van het certificaat opgegeven lidstaat:
lid 3, van

. . . . . . — Toepassing van artikel 13,
Verordening (EEG) nr. 1068/93

— Estado-membro de utiliza(cid:135)˜ao designado:

. . . . . . —
Aplica(cid:135)˜ao do nº 3 do artigo 13º do Regulamento
(CEE) nº 1068/93

2. Article 14 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 1, the second subparagraph is deleted.

(b) In paragraph 2, the second sub-indent of the entry

in the 11 Community languages is deleted.

Article 2

— Nimetty j(cid:132)senvaltio, jossa todistus k(cid:132)ytet(cid:132)(cid:132)n: . . . . . .
— asetuksen (ETY) N:o 1068/93 13 artiklan 3
kohdan mukaisesti

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

— Angiven medlemsstat d(cid:132)r licensen skall anv(cid:132)ndas:
. . . . . . — till(cid:132)mpning av artikel 13.3 i f(cid:148)rordning
(EEG) nr 1068/93’.

However, at the request of the party concerned, Article 1
shall apply to applications still pending on the day of
entry into force of this Regulation.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission