Commission Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture and amending the definition of certain operative events provided for in Regulations (EEC) No 3889/87, (EEC) No 3886/92, (EEC) No 1793/93, (EEC) No 2700/93 and (EC) No 293/98
Date: 1999-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Monetary System, agri-monetary policy, common agricultural policy, euro, exchange rate

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1410/1999

of 29 June 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture and amending the
definition of certain operative events provided for in Regulations (EEC) No
3889/87, (EEC) No 3886/92, (EEC) No 1793/93, (EEC) No 2700/93 and (EC) No
293/98

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 the agrimonetary arrange-
ments for the euro (1), and in particular Articles 3(2) and 9
thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3516/93
of 20 December 1993 establishing the operative
events for the conversion rates to be applied when
calculating certain amounts provided for by the
mechanisms of the common organisation of the
market
in fishery and aquaculture products (2),
defines the operative events for fisheries; whereas,
in the interests of transparency and clarity, the
reference to fishery products in the definition of
operative events in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down
detailes rules for the application of the agrimon-
etary system for the euro in agriculture (3) should be
deleted;

(2) Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98
defines the operative events for the exchange rate
in the case of aid per hectare and amounts of a
structural or environmental character; whereas
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 of 22
December 1987 laying down detailed rules for the
application of
the special measures for certain
regions of hops production (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 718/93 (5), defines the opera-
tive event for the exchange rate applicable to the
payment of special aid; whereas Article 53 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 of 23
December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(4) OJ L 365, 24.12.1987, p. 41.
(5) OJ L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 46.

application of the premium schemes provided for
in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the
common organisation of the market in beef and
veal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1244/82
and (EEC) No 714/89 (6), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2604/98 (7), defines the operative
events for the exchange rate for premiums in the
beef and veal sector; whereas Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1793/93 of 30 June 1993 regarding
the operative event for the agricultural conversion
rates used in the hops sector (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2404/97 (9), defines the opera-
tive event for the exchange rate applicable to the
hops sector; whereas Article 6 of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 of 30 September
1993 on detailed rules for the application of the
premium in favour of sheepmeat and goatmeat
producers (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1526/96 (11), defines the operative events for the
exchange rate for premiums in the sheepmeat
sector; whereas Article 12 of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 293/98 of 4 February 1998 determing
the operative events applicable to products in the
fruit and vegetables sector, to processed fruit and
vegetable products and partly to live plants and
floricultural products and to certain products listed
in Annex II to the EC Treaty, and repealing Regu-
lation (EC) No 1445/93 (12) as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 999/1999 (13), defines the oper-
ative event for the exchange rate for aid to improve
the quality and marketing of nuts and locust beans;

(3) Whereas the exchange rate on the date of the oper-
ative event for the aids, premiums and amounts
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
2799/98 is defined as the rate on a given date;
whereas the rate applicable on the date of the oper-
ative event should be amended to ensure in prin-
ciple that such aids, premiums and amounts do not
undergo any sharp fluctuations on conversion into
national currency due to the exchange rate on a
single date; whereas, to that end, the best solution
appears to be an average of the exchange rates
applicable during the month preceeding the opera-
tive event, calculated pro rata temporis;

(6) OJ L 391, 31.12.1992, p. 20.
(7) OJ L 328, 4.12.1998, p. 5.
(8) OJ L 163, 6.7.1993, p. 22.
(9) OJ L 332, 4.12.1997, p. 31.
(10) OJ L 245, 1.10.1993, p. 99.
(11) OJ L 190, 31.7.1996, p. 21.
(12) OJ L 30, 5.2.1998, p. 16.
(13) OJ L 122, 12.5.1999, p. 34.

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(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
relevant management committees,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 is amended as follows.

(a) In the fourth indent of Article 3(1), the words ‘in
the fruit and vegetable or fishery product sectors'
are replaced by ‘in the fruit and vegetable sector'.

(b) The following paragraph is added to Article 4:

‘3.
For the purposes of applying this Article, the
exchange rate to be used shall be the average of
the exchange rates applicable during the month
preceeding the date of the operative event, calcu-
lated pro rata temporis'.

Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 is

2.
replaced by the following:

‘3.
The exchange rate to be used for the payment of
the special aid in national currency shall be the
average of the exchange rates applicable during the
month preceeding 1 January of
the
completion of
the conversion plan, calculated pro
rata temporis.

the year of

The exchange rate to be used for the payment of the
advance on the special aid in national currency shal
be the average of the exchange rates applicable during
the month before 1 January of the year in which the
decision approving the programme is taken by the
Commission, calculated pro rata temporis.'.

Article 53 of Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 is

3.
replaced by the following:

‘Article 53

Conversion into national currency

Conversion of premium amounts
currency shall be made:

into national

(a)  in the case of processing and early marketing
premiums, at the exchange rate applicable on
the first working day of the month imme-
diately preceeding the month during which
the animal was slaughtered,

 in the case of deseasonalisation premiums, at
the average of the exchange rates applicable
the
during the month before 1 January of
calendar year during which the animal was
slaughtered, calculated pro rata temporis;

(b) for the other premiums and the additonal amount,
at the average of the exchange rates applicable
during the month before 1 January of the calendar
year in respect of which the premium and/or
amount is granted, calculated pro rata temporis.'.

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1793/93 is

4.
replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The exchange rate to be applied for the purposes of
the aid provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1696/71 shall be the average of the exchange rates
applicable during the month before 1 July of the year
of harvest, calculated pro rata temporis'.

Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 is

5.
replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

Conversion rate

1.
The conversion rate to be applied to the amount
of the advance payment referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No
2467/98 shall be the average of the exchange rates
applicable during the month before the first day of
the marketing year in respect of which the premium
is granted, calculated pro rata temporis.

The conversion rate to be applied:

2.
 to the amount of the premium and of the balance
referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article
5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98,

 to the amount of the premium and of the balance
referred to above in the event that payment is
carried forward to the following marketing year,
and

 to the amount of the deduction referred to in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90,

shall be the average of the exchange rates applicable
during the month before the last day of the marketing
year in respect of which the premium is granted,
calculated pro rata temporis'.

Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 293/98 is replaced

6.
by the following:

‘Article 12

(Nuts and locust beans)

The exchange rate applicable for the conversion each
year into national currency of the maximum aid per
hectare to improve the quality and marketing of nuts
and locust beans fixed in Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 790/89 shall be the average of the exchange
rates applicable during the month before 1 January of
the annual reference period within the meaning of
Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89, calculated
pro rata temporis'.

Article 2

The average exchange rate referred to in Article 1(2), (3),
(4), (5) and (6) shall be fixed by the Commission during
the month following the date of the operative event.

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Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission