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
Date: 1998-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Madeira, aid system, pigmeat, supply

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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 European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the
Azores 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 been
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 of 30
June 1992 laying down detailed implementing rules for
the specific measures for supplying the Azores and
Madeira 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 for
the Azores and Madeira, it is necessary to take account of
the relationship that exists between the aids for cereals
and those for pigmeat; whereas as a result of the changes
in quotations and prices for cereal products on the Euro-
the Community and on the world
pean territory of
market, the amounts of aid for supplying the Azores and

Madeira 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 the
the euro (5) provides that as from 1
introduction of
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
rate 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 Management
Committee 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.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Amounts of aid granted for products referred to in Annex I and coming from the Com-
munity market

Product code

Amount of aid

(EUR/100 kg net)

0203 11 10 9000
0203 12 11 9100
0203 12 19 9100
0203 19 11 9100
0203 19 13 9100
0203 19 15 9100
0203 19 55 9110
0203 19 55 9310

0203 21 10 9000
0203 22 11 9100
0203 22 19 9100
0203 29 11 9100
0203 29 13 9100
0203 29 15 9100
0203 29 55 9110

18,1
27,1
18,1
18,1
27,1
18,1
30,7
30,7

18,1
27,1
18,1
18,1
27,1
18,1
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).'