CELEX: 31998R2709
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2709/98 of 15 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 establishing the supply balance for the Canary Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing the aid for products coming from the Community

16. 12. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 340/25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2709/98
                                                   of 15 December 1998
                   amending Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 establishing the supply balance for the
                   Canary Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing the aid for
                                        products coming from the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1103/
                                                                   97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              introduction of the euro (5) provides that as from 1
Community,                                                         January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
                                                                   ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92               rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures for the              the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
Canary Islands concerning certain agricultural prod-               tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
ucts (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/
96 (2), and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas the amounts of aid for the supply of the pigmeat           Committee for Pigmeat,
sector to the Canary Islands have been settled by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 of 28 June
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1995 establishing the supply balance for the Canary
Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing
the aid for products coming from the Community (3), as                                        Article 1
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2013/98 (4); whereas,           Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1487/95 is hereby
as a consequence of the changes in the rates and prices            replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
for cereal products in the European part of the
Community and on the world market, the aid for supply                                         Article 2
to the Canary Islands should be set at the amounts given
in the Annex;                                                      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. 13.
(2) OJ  L 320, 11.  12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ  L 145, 29.  6. 1995, p. 63.
(4) OJ  L 260, 23.  9. 1998, p. 5.                                 (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                  ANNEX
                                                ‘ANNEX II
           Amounts of aid granted for products coming from the Community market
                                                                        (EUR/100 kg net weight)
                             Product code                             Amount of aid
                         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 Regulation (EEC) No
                   3846/87.'