Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3821/92 of 28 December 1992 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 1393/76, (EEC) No 1780/89, (EEC) No 2053/89, (EEC) No 2054/89, (EEC) No 209/88 and No 163/67/EEC so as to abolish the derogation from the use of the agricultural conversion rate for the amounts in question

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3821/92  of 28 December 1992  repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 1393/76, (EEC) No 1780/89, (EEC) No 2053/89, (EEC) No 2054/89, (EEC) No 209/88 and No 163/67/EEC so as to abolish  the derogation from the use of the agricultural conversion rate for the amounts in question
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 repeals with effect from 1 January 1993 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (3); whereas Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 provides for derogations  existing on 31 December 1992 from the use of the agricultural conversion rate for certain amounts so as to permit the use of rates corresponding more closely to actual economic circumstances and avoid the risk of monetary distortion; whereas the  derogations do not appear justified under the agri-monetary system in force with effect from 1 January 1993 and following the introduction of agricultural conversion rates close to actual economic circumstances; whereas, therefore, the provisions in  question should be repealed;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86 of 29 October 1986 fixing the conversion rate to be applied in respect of levies and refunds in the rice sector (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3119/89 (5), provides for the application of a  specific conversion rate for certain conversions into national currency in the rice sector;
Whereas Article 1a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76 of 17 June 1976 laying down detailed rules for the importation of products in the wine-growing sector originating in certain third countries (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3671/89  (7), provides for the representative market rate to be used to convert the free-at-frontier reference prices into national currency;
Whereas Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 of 21 June 1989 laying down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by  intervention agencies (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2864/92 (9), provides for the representative market rate to be used to convert the payments, guarantees and securities concerned;
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2053/89 (10) and (EEC) No 2054/89 (11) laying down detailed rules for the application of the minimum import price system for certain processed cherries and for dried grapes respectively, as last  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3390/89 (12), provides for the use of the representative market rate to convert the minimum import price into national currency;
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 209/88 of 26 January 1988 on the fixing of additional amounts for imports of pigmeat products from third countries (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3117/89 (14),  provides that the offer price is expressed in ecus after conversion of the prices recorded in national currency into ecus using the representative market rate;
Whereas Article 1 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 163/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 on fixing the additional amont for imports of poultry-farming products from third countries (15), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3116/89 (16), provides that the  offer price is expressed in ecus after conversion of the prices recorded in national currency into ecus using the representative market rate;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,