CELEX: 31978R0198
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 198/78 of 31 January 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 following the fixing of a new exchange rate to be applied in Italy in agriculture

1 . 2. 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 27/43
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 198/78
                                                       of 31 January 1978
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 937/77 following the fixing of a new exchange
                                          rate to be applied in Italy in agriculture
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                        are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant
                                                                    management committees,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
878/77 of 26 April 1977 on the exchange rates to be                                            Article 1
applied in agriculture ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 178/78 (2), and in particular Article 5               Article 1 item 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 is
                                                                    amended to read as follows :
thereof,
                                                                        '3. The provisions of the last subparagraph of
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 of                             Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68
29 April 1977 laying down detailed rules for the appli­                      shall apply to the products and Member States
cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 on the                          concerned with effect from the dates set out in
exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (3), as last                     Articles 2 (2), (3), (4) and (5) and also 3 of Regu­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 125/78 (4), provided                          lation (EEC) No 878/77.'
that the provisions of the last subparagraph of Article
4 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30                                           Article 2
July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation
of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for alter­              The following subparagraph is added to Article 1 item
ations to the value of the unit of account used for the             4 of Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 :
common agricultural policy (5) shall apply to the                       ' In the case of the new representative rate for the
products and the Member States concerned with effect                    Italian lira to take effect from 1 February 1978 , the
from the dates set out in Article 2 (2), (3) and (4) and                said provision shall apply only to advance fixings
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 ;                               and to the relevant licence or certificates issued,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 178/78 amended                              within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 to take                         (EEC) No 193/75, before 25 January 1978 .'
account of the new representative rate fixed for the                                           Article 3
Italian lira with effect from 1 February 1978 ; whereas,
therefore, an addition needs to be made to Regulation               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(EEC) No 937/77 ;                                                   1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1978 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ   No L 106, 29 . 4. 1977, p. 27.
(2) OJ   No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1978, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 110, 30. 4. 1977, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 20, 25. 1 . 1978, p. 11 .
(5) OJ   No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968, p. 1 .