CELEX: 31977R0698
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 698/77 of 30 March 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 571/76 following the fixing of new exchange rates to be applied in France, Ireland and Italy in agriculture

1 . 4. 77                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 85/1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 698/77
                                                          of 30 March 1977
                   amending Regulation (EEC) No 571/76 following the fixing of new exchange rates to
                                       be applied in France, Ireland and Italy in agriculture
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                        are in accordance with the opinions 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
 557/76 of 15 March 1976 on the exchange rates to be
 applied in agriculture and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 475/75 ( 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                            Article 1
No 651 /77 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                      Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 571/76 is
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 571 /76                       hereby amended as follows :
of 15 March 1976 laying down detailed rules for the
 application of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 557/76                       ' 1 . The provisions of the last subparagraph of
 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture and                   Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68
 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 475/75 (3), as last                        shall apply to the products and Member States
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 79/77 (4), provided                      concerned with effect from the dates set out in
 that the provisions of the last subparagraph of Article                  Article 2 (2), (3 ), (4), (5 ), (6) and (7) of
 4 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1134/68 of 30                    Regulation (EEC) No 557/76.'
 July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation
 of Regulation (EEC) No 653 /68 on conditions for
  alterations to the value of the unit of account used
                                                                                                Article 2
 for the common agricultural policy (5) shall apply to
 the products and the Member States concerned with
 effect from the dates set out in Article 2 (2), (3 ), (4),           The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 (2)
 (5 ) and (6) of Regulation ( EEC) No 557/76;                         of Regulation (EEC) No 571 /76:
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 651 /77 amended                              'With respect to the fixing of the representative
 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 557/76 to take                          rates for the French franc, the Irish pound and the
 account of the new representative rate fixed for the                     Italian lira, to take effect from 1 April 1977, the
 French franc, the Irish pound and the Italian lira                       said provisions shall apply only to advance fixings
 with effect from 1 April 1977 ; whereas, therefore, an                   and the relevant documents or certificates issued
 addition needs to be made to Regulation (EEC)                            before 29 March 1977 within the meaning of
 No 571 /76;                                                              Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193 /75 .'
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .
                                                                                                Article 3
(2)    OJ No L 82, 31 . 3 . 1977, p. 4.
(3)    OJ No L 68, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 1 .
 (4)   OJ No L 14, 17. 1 . 1977, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
 (5)   OJ No L 188, 1 . 8 . 1968, p. 1 .                              1977.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 30 March 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President