Commission Regulation (EC) No 519/1999 of 9 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 293/98 as regards the operative events applicable to the operational funds of producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector and to the storage aid for dried grapes and figs
Date: 1999-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, grape, pip fruit, producer organisation, representative rate, storage premium

10. 3. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 519/1999

of 9 March 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 293/98 as regards the operative events applicable
to the operational funds of producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable
sector and to the storage aid for dried grapes and figs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of
15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrange-
ments for the euro (1), and in particular Article 3(2)
thereof,

ucts (7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (8),
provides for storage aid for dried grapes and figs; whereas
that aid is granted for the actual duration of storage;
whereas for reasons of administrative practicability and
pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 a
should be determined for
monthly operative event
granting the aid;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and for Prod-
ucts Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 293/98 (2), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1551/98 (3), determines
the operative events applicable in the fruit and vegetable
sector and in the products processed from the fruit and
vegetables sector;

Whereas point 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 411/97 of 3 March 1997 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational
funds and Community financial assistance (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1647/98 (5), determines
the maximum amount of the overheads eligible for inclu-
sion in an operational programme; whereas that amount
is an annual sum; whereas, pursuant to Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 and by derogation from
Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98
of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in
agriculture (6), the conversion rate applicable to the other
elements of the operational fund concerned should be
applied to that amount;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 293/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in Article 2, the following paragraph 4 is added:

‘4.
The operative event for the agricultural conver-
sion rate applicable to the lump sum fixed in point 2
of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 411/97 shall be 1
January in the year to which that amount applies.';

2. in Article 8, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.
The operative event for the agricultural conver-
sion rate applicable to the storage aid referred to in
Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be the
first day of the month in respect of which the aid is
granted.'

Whereas Article 9(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation
of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable prod-

Article 2

(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 30, 4. 2. 1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 202, 18. 7. 1998, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 62, 4. 3. 1997, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 59.
(6) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 36.

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

(7) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(8) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission