Commission Regulation (EC) No 1577/2000 of 19 July 2000 setting the conversion rate applicable to certain direct aids whose operative event is 1 July 2000

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1577/2000
of 19 July 2000
setting the conversion rate applicable to certain direct aids whose operative event is 1 July 2000
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 1410/1999(2), amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture(3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to aid for arable crops and grain legumes is the commencement of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999.
(2) The aforementioned 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 July 2000.
(3) The conversion rate to be applied for the purposes of the aid for hops provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 191/2000(5), is also defined by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1793/93 regarding the operative event for the agricultural conversion rates used in the hops sector(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999,