Commission Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 of 16 June 2004 fixing the exchange rate applicable in 2004 to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environmental nature in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
Date: 2004-06-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, aid system, aid to agriculture, exchange rate

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1117/2004

of 16 June 2004

fixing the exchange rate applicable in 2004 to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or
environmental nature in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 of
22 April 2004 setting certain operative events for the exchange
rate for 2004 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to take
account of their accession to the European Union (1), and in
particular the second paragraph of Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 751/2004, the
operative event for the exchange rate for 2004 in the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia for the
purposes of converting certain amounts into national
currency is the date of entry into force of the 2003
Treaty of Accession. The exchange rate to be used corres-
the rates
ponds to the average pro rata temporis of
applicable during the calendar month preceding the
date of the operative event.

The 2003 Treaty of Accession entered into force on
1 May 2004.

The exchange rate applicable, for 2004, to the amounts
and aid concerned should therefore be fixed according to
the average pro rata temporis of the rates applicable during
the month of April 2004,

Article 1

For 2004, the exchange rates in the Annex shall apply to the
following amounts in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
and
Latvia,
Slovakia:

Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,

Slovenia

Poland,

(a)

the amounts of a structural or environmental nature
referred to in Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2808/98 (2);

(b) the amounts of the premiums and payments in the beef and
veal sector provided for in Articles 4, 5, 6, 11, 13 and 14 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (3);

(c)

the amounts of
in the
sheepmeat and goatmeat sector provided for in Articles 4,
5 and 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 (4);

the premiums and payments

(d) the aid for energy crops provided for in Chapter 5 of Title

IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (5).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 16 June 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 19.

(2) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Exchange rates referred to in Article 1

1 euro = (average 1.4.2004-30.4.2004)

0,586276

32,531

15,6466

250,183

3,45277

0,650773

0,42512

4,75404

238,438

40,1304

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna