CELEX: 31978R0475
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 475/78 of 7 March 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 following the fixing of a new exchange rate to be applied in France in agriculture

No L 65/ 10                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8 . 3 . 78
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 475 /78
                                                         of 7 March 1978
               amending Regulation ( EEC) No 937/77 following the fixing of a new exchange
                                          rate to be applied in France in agriculture
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article I
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Article 1 item 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 is
878/77 of 26 April 1977 on the exchange rates to be                  hereby amended to read as follows :
applied in agriculture ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 470/78 (2), and in particular Article 5                    '3 . The last subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regula­
thereof,                                                                       tion ( EEC) No 1134/68 shall apply to the
                                                                               products and Member States concerned with
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 of                               effect from the dates set out in Article 2 (2) to
29 April 1977 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
                                                                               (7) and in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 878 /77 on the                           878 / 77 .'
exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 215/78 (4), provided
that the provisions of the last subparagraph of Article
                                                                                               Article 2
4 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30
July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation
of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for alter­              The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article
ations to the value of the unit of account used for the              1 item 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 937/77 :
common agricultural policy (5), shall apply to the
products and the Member States concerned with effect                     ' In the case of the representative rate for the
from the dates set out in Article 2 (2) to (6) and in                     French franc to take effect from 8 March 1978 , the
Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 878 /77 ;                              said provisions shall apply only to licences or
                                                                         certificates or other documents certifying the
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 470/78 amended                               advance fixings issued, within the meaning of
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 878 /77 to take                         Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 193/75,
account of the new representative rate fixed for the                     before 7 March 1978 .'
French franc with effect from 8 March 1978 ; whereas,
therefore, an addition needs to be made to Regulation
(EEC) No 937/77 ;                                                                              Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 March
management committees,                                               1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 7 March 1978 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
(')  OJ  No L 106, 29 . 4 . 1977, p. 27 .
(2 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .
(3 ) OJ  No L 110 , 30 . 4 . 1977, p. 1 .
(4 ) OJ  No L 31 , 2 . 2 . 1978 , p. 13 .
(5 ) OJ  No L 188 . 1 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 .