5.10.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 250/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2109/2000 of 4 October 2000 fixing the conversion rate applicable to certain direct aids having an operative event on 1 September 2000 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (2)  The conversion rate is defined in Article 4(3) of Regula- 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 (?) 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 rice and dried grapes is defined in Atrticle 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 (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/ 1999, as the commencement of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted. tion (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 September 2000, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The conversion rate to be applied to the aids referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 having an opera- tive event on 1 September 2000 shall be that set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 4 October 2000. O] L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. () O] L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53. O] L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission