Commission Regulation (EC) No 2098/2000 of 3 October 2000 fixing the conversion rate applicable to certain direct aids having an operative event on 1 August 2000

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2098/2000
of 3 October 2000
fixing the conversion rate applicable to certain direct aids having an operative event on 1 August 2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 Decembr 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999(2) of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture, and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to per hectare aid for fibre flax and hemp is defined in Article 4(1) of 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(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999, as the commencement of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted.
(2) The above conversion rate is defined in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 as the average, calculated pro rata temporis, of the exchange rates applicable during the month preceding the date of the operative event, which is 1 August 2000,