Article 1 
1. During the 1998/1999 to 2000/2001 marketing years Portugal shall be authorized, under the conditions set out in paragraph 2, to grant adjustment aid to sugar beet producers located in its continental territory. 2. The aid referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only in respect of the corresponding quantity of sugar produced within the limit of the A and B quotas of the sugar-producing undertaking established in the region referred to in paragraph 1. For the production referred to in the first subparagraph, the unit amount of aid my not exceed: - in the 1998/1999 marketing year: ECU 6,21 per 100 kilograms of white sugar, - in the 1999/2000 marketing year: ECU 4,66 per 100 kilograms of white sugar, - in the 2000/2001 marketing year: ECU 3,11 per 100 kilograms of white sugar. 3. Portugal shall notify the Commission, in respect of each marketing year, of the measures taken to apply paragraphs 1 and 2. Article 2 With effect from the 2001/2002 marketing year, the aid referred to in Article 1 and the aids referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 are hereby abolished. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997. For the Council The President F. BODEN (1) OJ C 263, 29. 8. 1997, p. 12. (2) OJ C 371, 8. 12. 1997. (3) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43. (4) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1599/96 (OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43).
Article 2 
With effect from the 2001/2002 marketing year, the aid referred to in Article 1 and the aids referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 are hereby abolished. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997. For the Council The President F. BODEN (1) OJ C 263, 29. 8. 1997, p. 12. (2) OJ C 371, 8. 12. 1997. (3) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43. (4) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1599/96 (OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43).
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997. For the Council The President F. BODEN (1) OJ C 263, 29. 8. 1997, p. 12. (2) OJ C 371, 8. 12. 1997. (3) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43. (4) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1599/96 (OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43).