Commission Regulation (EC) No 1406/2004 of 2 August 2004 setting the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aid with an operative event on 1 July 2004
Date: 2004-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, exchange rate, hops, leguminous vegetable, milk product, vegetable protein

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1406/2004

of 2 August 2004

setting the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aid with an operative event on 1 July 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2808/98, the exchange rate to be used for aid per hectare
should be the average of the exchange rates applicable
during the month preceding the date of the operative
event, calculated pro rata temporis.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 2808/98 of
22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture (2),
and in particular the second sentence of Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

to

be

per

should

for
hectare

the operative event

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
the exchange rate
2808/98,
applicable
the
aid
the marketing year in respect of
commencement of
the arable crop area
which the aid is granted. For
payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No
1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support
system for producers of certain arable crops (3), for the
grain legume aid provided for in Council Regulation (EC)
No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific
measure in respect of certain grain legumes (4), and for
the specific quality premium for durum wheat,
the
protein crop premium and the dairy premium provided
for in Chapters 1, 2 and 7 respectively of Title IV of
of 29
(EC) No
Council Regulation
September 2003 establishing common rules for direct
support schemes under the common agricultural policy
and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (5),
should
for
the operative
therefore be 1 July 2004.

1782/2003

exchange

event

rate

the

(3)

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1793/93
of 30 June 1993 regarding the operative event for the
agricultural conversion rates used in the hops sector (6)
provides that the exchange rate to be applied for the
purposes of the aid for hops provided for in Article 12
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July
1971 on the common organisation of the market in
hops (7) should be the average of
the exchange rates
applicable during the month before 1 July of the year
of harvest, calculated pro rata temporis.

(4)

The exchange rates to be applied for the aid in question
should therefore be set according to the average of the
exchange rates applicable during June 2004, calculated
pro rata temporis,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The exchange rates given in the Annex shall apply to the
following amounts whose operative event is 1 July 2004:

(a)

the arable crop area payments provided for in Regulation
(EC) No 1251/1999;

(b) the grain legume aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No

1577/96;

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1250/2004 (OJ L 237, 8.7.2004, p. 13).

(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(c)

the specific quality premium for durum wheat provided for
in Chapter 1 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;

(4) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by the 2003

(6) OJ L 163, 6.7.1993, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

Act of Accession.

lation (EC) No 1410/1999 (OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53).

(5) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(7) OJ L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

lation (EC) No 864/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 48).

(EC) No 2320/2003 (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 18).

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(d) the protein crop premium provided for in Chapter 2 of Title

IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;

(f)

the aid for hops provided for in Article 12 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1696/71.

Article 2

(e)

the dairy premium and additional payment provided for in
Chapter 7 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Exchange rates referred to in Article 1

1 euro = (average 1.6.2004 to 30.6.2004)

7,43413

0,663323

0,425237

239,318

9,14321

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Maltese lira

Slovenian tolar

Swedish krona