CELEX: 31998R2708
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2708/98 of 15 December 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for supplying the Azores and Madeira with products from the pigmeat sector

16. 12. 98            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 340/23
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2708/98
                                                   of 15 December 1998
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 laying down detailed implementing rules
                  for the specific measures for supplying the Azores and Madeira with products
                                                 from the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Madeira should be fixed again as set out in the Annex
                                                                  hereto;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1103/
Community,
                                                                  97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
                                                                  introduction of the euro (5) provides that as from 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92              January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the              ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural prod-         rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
ucts (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/             the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,                     tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
Whereas the amounts of aid for supplying the Azores and           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Madeira with products from the pigmeat sector have been           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 of 30             Committee for Pigmeat,
June 1992 laying down detailed implementing rules for
the specific measures for supplying the Azores and
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Madeira with products from the pigmeat sector (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2012/98 (4); whereas, in
calculating the aid for the pigmeat products intended for                                    Article 1
the Azores and Madeira, it is necessary to take account of        Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 is replaced by
the relationship that exists between the aids for cereals         the Annex to this Regulation.
and those for pigmeat; whereas as a result of the changes
in quotations and prices for cereal products on the Euro-                                    Article 2
pean territory of the Community and on the world
market, the amounts of aid for supplying the Azores and           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 15 December 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ  L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ  L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 95.
(4) OJ  L 260, 23. 9. 1998, p. 3.                                 (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                      ANNEX
                                                    ‘ANNEX II
         Amounts of aid granted for products referred to in Annex I and coming from the Com-
                                                 munity market
                                                                                (EUR/100 kg net)
                                    Product code                         Amount of aid
                                0203 11 10 9000                               18,1
                                0203 12 11 9100                               27,1
                                0203 12 19 9100                               18,1
                                0203 19 11 9100                               18,1
                                0203 19 13 9100                               27,1
                                0203 19 15 9100                               18,1
                                0203 19 55 9110                               30,7
                                0203 19 55 9310                               30,7
                                0203 21 10 9000                               18,1
                                0203 22 11 9100                               27,1
                                0203 22 19 9100                               18,1
                                0203 29 11 9100                               18,1
                                0203 29 13 9100                               27,1
                                0203 29 15 9100                               18,1
                                0203 29 55 9110                               30,7
                        NB: The product codes as well as the footnotes are defined in Commission
                            Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1).'