Commission Regulation (EC) No 426/2002 of 7 March 2002 fixing the conversion rates applicable to certain direct aids and structural or environmental measures
Date: 2002-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, aid to agriculture, environmental policy, exchange rate, policy on agricultural structures

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 426/2002

of 7 March 2002

fixing the conversion rates applicable to certain direct aids and structural or environmental
measures

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
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 (2), and in particular Article 2
thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001
of 21 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 on the
common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goat-
meat as regards premium schemes and amending Regulation
(EC) No 2419/2001 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
263/2002 (4), and in particular the second paragraph of Article
18a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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
2452/2000 (6), the operative event for the exchange rate
for amounts of a structural or environmental nature is 1
January of the year in which the decision to grant the
aid is taken. In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2808/98, as inserted by Regulation (EC) No
1410/1999, 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.

In accordance with Article 12 of Commission Regula-
tion (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 prod-
ucts and to certain products listed in Annex I to the EC
Treaty, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 (7),

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53.
(3) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 105.
(4) OJ L 43, 14.2.2002, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 282, 8.11.2000, p. 9.
(7) OJ L 30, 5.2.1998, p. 16.

as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999, 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No
790/89 (8) is the average of the exchange rates applicable
during the month before 1 January of the annual refer-
ence period within the meaning of Article 19 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89 (9), calculated
pro rata temporis.

In accordance with Article 42 of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 2342/1999 of 28 October 1999 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation
of the market in beef and veal as regards premium
schemes (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
169/2002 (11), the date of submission of the application
is the operative event for determining the year in respect
of which premiums are to be allocated for animals
covered by premium schemes in the beef and veal
sector. Such premiums are converted into national
currency in accordance with Article 43 of that Regula-
tion using the average of the exchange rates applicable
in the month of December preceding the allocation year,
calculated pro rata temporis.

in accordance with
From the 2002 marketing year,
the
Article 18a of Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001,
the premiums and
exchange rate to be used for
payments in the sheepmeat sector corresponds to the
average of the exchange rates applicable in the month of
December preceding the calendar year in respect of
which the premium or payment is granted, calculated
pro rata temporis.

the 2001 marketing year,

in accordance with
Until
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 (12), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1410/1999, the conversion rate applied to the final
amount of the premiums in the sheepmeat sector was
the average of
the exchange rates applicable in the
month before the last day of the marketing year in
respect of which the premium was granted, calculated
pro rata temporis,

(3)

(4)

(5)

(8) OJ L 85, 30.3.1989, p. 6.
(9) OJ L 207, 19.7.1989, p. 19.
(10) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.
(11) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 21.
(12) OJ L 245, 1.10.1993, p. 99.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The conversion rates to be applied to:

1.
— the amounts of a structural or environmental nature
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98,
— the maximum amount per hectare of the marketing aid in
the nut and locust bean sector fixed in Article 2 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 790/89,

— the premiums and payments in the sheepmeat sector
referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No
2529/2001,

shall be as set out in Annex I.

Those rates shall also apply to the premiums in the beef and
veal sector referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

2.
The conversion rates to be applied to the premium and
the balance referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article
5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 in respect of the 2001
marketing year shall be as set out in Annex II.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Conversion rates referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1

EUR 1 = (average for 1 to 31 December 2001)

7,44264

9,43828

Danish krone

Swedish krona

0,619444

pounds sterling

ANNEX II

Conversion rates referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1

EUR 1 = (average for 6 December 2001 to 5 January 2002)

7,44177

9,40065

Danish krone

Swedish krona

0,618331

pounds sterling