Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2003 of 8 May 2003 adjusting certain compensatory agrimonetary aids granted in the United Kingdom
Date: 2003-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, agri-monetary policy, aid to agriculture, monetary compensatory amount

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 786/2003

of 8 May 2003

adjusting certain compensatory agrimonetary aids granted in the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

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), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof,

Whereas:

As regards compensatory aid for appreciable revalu-
ations of national currencies, Article 4(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 2799/98 lays down that the amounts paid out
under the second and third tranches are each to be
reduced, vis-à-vis the level of the previous tranche, by at
least a third of the amount paid out in the first tranche,
and that the amounts paid out under the second and
third tranches are to be reduced or cancelled as a func-
tion of the effect on incomes of the development of
exchange rates recorded until
the
month preceding the first month of the relevant tranche,
and taking account of the market situation observed
over the same period.

the beginning of

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

the

The maximum amounts of
compensatory aid
resulting from the exchange rates for the pound sterling
applicable on 31 December 2000 and 1 January 2001
are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 653/
2001 (2).

The maximum amount of the compensatory aid for the
appreciable revaluation of the pound sterling in 2000 is
fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 654/2001 (3).

regards

compensatory

As
aid resulting from the
exchange rates applicable for certain direct aid and struc-
tural or environmental measures, Article 5(3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2799/98 lays down that the amounts paid
out under the second and third tranches of aid are each
to be reduced, vis-à-vis the level of the previous tranche,
by at least a third of the amount paid out in the first
tranche, and Article 5(4) of that Regulation lays down
that the maximum amount of the compensatory aid
must be reduced or cancelled as a function of the effect
on income of the development of the exchange rates
recorded on the first day of
the second and third
tranches.

Examination of the exchange rate for the pound sterling
fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2003 of
11 March 2003 fixing the exchange rates applicable to
certain direct aids and structural or environmental
measures in 2003 (4)
indicates a depreciation of that
currency.

For the United Kingdom, therefore, the third tranche of
the compensatory aid whose operative events fall on 31
December 2000 and 1 January 2001 should be
cancelled.

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 91, 31.3.2001, p. 62.
(3) OJ L 91, 31.3.2001, p. 64.
(4) OJ L 67, 12.3.2003, p. 6.

(7)

(8)

(9)

Examination of the average exchange rates fixed for the
pound sterling between 1 March 2002 and 31 January
2003 indicates a depreciation of that currency during
that period.

Payment of the third tranche of compensatory aid for
the United Kingdom for the appreciable re-evaluation of
the pound sterling in 2000 should therefore be
cancelled.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinions of
Committees concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum amounts of the third tranche of compensatory
aid for the United Kingdom provided for by Regulation (EC)
No 653/2001 relating to aid whose operative events fall on 31
December 2000 or 1 January 2001 shall be cancelled.

Article 2

The maximum amount of the third tranche of compensatory
aid for the United Kingdom provided for in Article 1 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 654/2001 for the appreciable re-evaluation of the
pound sterling in 2000 shall be cancelled.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission