Commission Regulation (EC) No 1843/2004 of 22 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 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
Date: 2004-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, agri-monetary policy, aid per hectare, euro, exchange rate, nut

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1843/2004

of 22 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

Pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
751/2004 (4), the operative event for the exchange rate in
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (here-
inafter called ‘the new Member States’) for the support
schemes for which the operative event is 1 January is set,
for 2004, as the date of entry into force of the 2003
Treaty of Accession.

Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 does not refer to the area
payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. The operative
event
for the exchange rate to be used in the new
Member States for that payment should, however, also
be set as the date of entry into force of the 2003 Treaty
of Accession.

Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 should be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the relevant Management
Committees,

(1)

(2)

to the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of
Pursuant
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 agri-
culture (1), the operative event for the area payment for
nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (2) which establishes
common rules for direct support schemes under the
common
support
policy
schemes for farmers, and amends certain regulations, is
the date of commencement of
the marketing year
concerned.

agricultural

certain

and

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following point (e) is added to the first subparagraph of
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 751/2004:

Pursuant
to the second paragraph of Article 4 of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/97 of 16 April
1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards inter-
vention arrangements
and vegetables
in the
sector (3), the marketing year for nuts commences on
1 January.

fruit

‘(e)

the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of
Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.’

Article 2

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

(1) 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)

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

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

(3) OJ L 100, 17.4.1997, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1135/2001 (OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 9).

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 22 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission