No L 34/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 2. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 260/96 of 12 February 1996 amending the Regulations in the sugar sector fixing, before 1 February 1995, certain amounts whose value in ecus was adapted as a consequence of abolishing the corrective factor for agricultural conversion rates THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 150/95(?), and in particular Article 13 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1101/95(%), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 12 thereof, Whereas the value in ecus of certain prices and amounts was modified, with effect from 1 February 1995, by virtue of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, in order to cancel the effects of abolishing the correction factor of 1,207509, which applied until 31 January 1995 to conver- sion rates used in agriculture ; whereas the new ecu values of the prices and amounts concerned were established from 1 February 1995 in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 and Article 18 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determi- ning and applying the agricultural conversion rates (%) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2853/95 (%) ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93, in order to avoid confusion and facili- tate the application of the common agricultural policy, it is necessary to replace the value in ecus of the prices and amounts concerned which appear in Regulations that came into force before 1 February 1995 ; Whereas, in order to facilitate administration of the measures concerned, it is necessary in respect of certain amounts in the sugar sector to provide for a rounding-off reducing the number of decimal places referred to in Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93; ') OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. @ OJ No L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. % OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. ¢ OJ No L 110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1. () O] No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106. () OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1. o~~~ <> Whereas the following Regulations should therefore be amended : 1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2049/69 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1640/73 (%); 2. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2750/95 (%) ; 3. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1254/89 (*)); 4. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 ('); 5. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 100/72 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3819/85 ('%); 6. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 258/72('%); 7. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1920/81 (7); 8. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77 (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3497/88 (**); 9. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 464/91 (*); 10. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 65/82 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1708/84 (¥); 11. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1487/92 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 (¥); 12. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1488/92 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93; () OJ No L 263, 21. 10. 1969, p. 1. () OJ No L 165, 22. 6. 1973, p. 6. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 39. (') OJ No L 289, 2. 12. 1995, p. 34 ) O No L 126, 9. 5. 1989, p. 1. ) O] No L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 10. ) O] No L 12, 15. 1. 1972, p. 15. ) OJ No L 368, 31. 12. 1985, p. 25. L 31, 4. 2. 1972, p. 22. L 25, 25. 1. 1977, p. 27. L 189, 11. 7. 1981, p. 23. L 246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12. L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 30. (*) OJ No L 201, 25. 7. 1978, p. 26. L 54, 28. 2. 1991, p. 22. L 5 14. 1. 1982, p. 14. L 162, 20. 6. 1984, p. 7. L 156, 10. 6. 1992, p. 7. L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 94. L 156, 10. 6. 1992, p. 10.