Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2000 of 15 February 2000 fixing the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environmental nature
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, aid per hectare, environmental policy, exchange rate, structural policy

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 341/2000

of 15 February 2000

fixing the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environ-
mental nature

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 arrangements for
the euro (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed
rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the
euro in agriculture (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 42 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
laying down
2342/1999 of 28 October 1999 (3),
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the
market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes (4),
the date of submission of the application constitutes the
to which
operative event
animals covered by the premium schemes in the beef
and veal sector are allocated. Under Article 43 of that
Regulation conversion into national
currency of
premium amounts and of the extensification payment is
carried out in accordance with the average, calculated
pro rata temporis, of the exchange rates applicable in the
month of December preceding the allocation year.

for determining the year

Under 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 (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1410/1999,
the
exchange rate in the case of amounts of a structural or
environmental nature is 1 January of the year during
which the decision to grant the aid is taken. Under
Article 4(3) of that Regulation, the exchange rate to be
used is the average of the exchange rates applicable
during the month preceding the date of the operative
event, calculated pro rata temporis.

the operative event

for

Under Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
293/98 of 4 February 1998 determining 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 I to the EC Treaty, and

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53.
(3) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.

repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 (6), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999, the conver-
sion rate to be applied 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No
790/89 (7), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1825/97 (8)
is 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2159/
89 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1363/
95 (10), calculated pro rata temporis.

Under Article 6(2) 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 (11), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1410/1999, the conversion rate to be applied to
the amount of the balance of the premium in the sheep-
meat sector is the average of the exchange rates applic-
able during the month before the last day of
the
marketing year in respect of which the premium is
granted, calculated pro rata temporis.

Under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93, the
conversion rate to be applied to the amount of the
advance payment in the sheepmeat sector is 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,

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

The conversion rate to be applied to:

— the amounts of premiums in the beef and veal sector

referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999,

— the maximum aid per hectare to improve marketing in the
nuts and locust beans sector fixed in Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 790/89, and

— the amounts of a structural or environmental nature
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98,

is set out in Annex I.

(6) OJ L 30, 5.2.1998, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 85, 30.3.1989, p. 6.
(8) OJ L 260, 23.9.1997, p. 9.
(9) OJ L 207, 19.7.1989, p. 19.
(10) OJ L 132, 16.6.1995, p. 8.
(11) OJ L 245, 1.10.1993, p. 99.

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The conversion rate to be applied to the amount of the balance and of the premium referred to in the
2.
fourth subparagraph of Article 5(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 (1), and to the amount of the
deduction referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 (2) is set out in Annex II.

3.
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 and to the amount of the deduction referred
to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 is set out in Annex III.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 337, 4.12.1990, p. 7.

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ANNEX I

Rate of conversion referred to in Article 1(1)

EUR 1 = (average 1.12.1999 to 31.12.1999)

7,44023

Danish krone

329,655

Greek drachma

8,58622

0,626674

Swedish krona

pound sterling

ANNEX II

Rate of conversion referred to in Article 1(2)

EUR 1 = (average 2.12.1999 to 1.1.2000)

7,44036

Danish krone

329,705

Greek drachma

8,58643

0,626326

Swedish krona

pound sterling

ANNEX III

Rate of conversion referred to in Article 1(3)

EUR 1= (average 31.12.1999 to 2.1.2000)

7,44048

Danish krone

329,762

Greek drachma

8,58502

0,626045

Swedish krona

pound sterling