CELEX: 32006R0488
Language: en
Date: 2006-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 488/2006 of  24 March 2006  fixing the exchange rates applicable to structural or environmental measures in 2006

25.3.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 88/5
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 488/2006
   of 24 March 2006
   fixing the exchange rates applicable to structural or environmental measures in 2006
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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 application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture (2), and in particular the second sentence of Article 4(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               In accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, the operative event for the amounts of a structural or environmental character is 1 January of the year during which the decision to grant the aid is taken.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In accordance with the first sentence of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 the exchange rate to be used is the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month preceding the date of the operative event, calculated pro rata temporis,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   In 2006, the exchange rate shown in the Annex shall apply to the amounts of a structural or environmental character referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication 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, 24 March 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36 Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1044/2005 (OJ L 172, 5.7.2005, p. 76).
   
      ANNEX
      Exchange rates referred to in Article 1
      
         (EUR 1 = average for 1 December 2005 to 31 December 2005)
      
      
                  0,573458
               
               
                  Cyprus pound
               
            
                  28,9712
               
               
                  Czech koruna
               
            
                  7,45403
               
               
                  Danish krone
               
            
                  15,6466
               
               
                  Estonian kroon
               
            
                  252,791
               
               
                  Hungarian forint
               
            
                  3,4528
               
               
                  Lithuanian litas
               
            
                  0,696729
               
               
                  Latvian lats
               
            
                  0,4293
               
               
                  Maltese lira
               
            
                  3,85493
               
               
                  Polish zloty
               
            
                  37,8743
               
               
                  Slovak koruna
               
            
                  239,505
               
               
                  Slovenian tolar
               
            
                  9,43950
               
               
                  Swedish krona
               
            
                  0,679103
               
               
                  Pound sterling