L 60/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.3.2001 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fixing the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environ- 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 of 29 June 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture (3, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: Under Article 42 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342[1999 of 28 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market of beef and veal as regards premium schemes (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/2001 (%) the date of submission of the application constitutes the opera- tive event for determining the year to which animals covered by the premium schemes in the beef and veal of 28 February 2001 mental nature COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 408/2001 month preceding the date of the operative event, calcu- lated pro rata temporis. (3)  Under Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 293/98 of 4 February 1998 determining the operative events applicable to products in the fruit and vegetables sector, to processed fruit and vegetable products and partly to live plants and floricultural products and to certain products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999, the conver- sion rate to be applied for the conversion each year into national currency of the maximum aid per hectare to improve the quality and marketing of nuts and locust beans fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 (%), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/97 (°), is the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month before 1 January of the annual reference period within the meaning of Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 ('), calcu- lated pro rata temporis. (4)  Under Article 6(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No sector are allocated. Under Article 43 of that Regulation conversion into national currency of the premium () amounts is carried out in accordance with the average, calculated pro rata temporis, of the exchange rates applic- able in the month of December preceding the allocation year. Under Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No (6) 280898 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2452/2000 (%), the operative event for the exchange rate in the case of amounts of a structural or environmental nature is 1 January of the year during which the decision to grand the aid is taken. Under Article 4(3) of that Regulation, as amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1410/1999, the exchange rate to be used is 2700/93 of 30 September 1993 on detailed rules for the application of the premium in favour of sheepmeat and goatmeat producers (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999, the conversion rate to be applied to the amount of the balance of the premium in the sheep- meat sector is the average of the exchange rates applic- able during the month before the last day of the marketing year in respect of which the premium is granted, calculated pro rata temporis. Under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93, the conversion rate to be applied to the amount of the advance payment in the sheepmeat sector is the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month before the first day of the marketing year in respect of which the premium is granted, calculated pro rata tempo the average of the exchange rates applicable during the 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. 164, 30.6.1999, p. 53. 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30. 29, 31.1.2001, p. 27. 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. 282, 8.11.2000, p. 9. () O] L 30, ® O] L 85, () O] L 260, (% O] L 207 (") O] L 132 () O] L 245 (%) O] L 167 ¥is. 5.2.1998, p. 16. 30.3.1989, p. 6. 23.9.1997, p. 9. , 19.7.1989, p. 19. , 16.6.1995, p. 8. , 1.10.1993, p. 99. , 7.7.2000, p. 1. The Council has established the irrevocably fixed exchange rate between the Greek drachma and the euro in Regulation (EC) No 1478/2000 of 19 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 on the conver- sion rate between the euro and the currencies of the Member States adopting the euro (). This rate is valid with effect from 1 January 2001 and applies to the measures having an operative event on or after that date. Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999 no longer applies to these measures as a result,