30.12.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 354/53 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2844/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French departments of Guiana and Réunion as a result of those regions’ remoteness THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 of 17 July 1998 introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain tishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French departments of Guiana and Réunion as a result of those regions’ remoteness ('), and in particular Article 4 thereof, 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 6(2) thereof, Whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for implementing the scheme introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 so that detailed arrangements can be estab- lished for granting Community aid for the measures provided for in that Regulation, in particular the arrange- ments for payments and for checking and monitoring the measures; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The compensation scheme introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 shall be implemented for 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 in accordance with the provisions of this Regu- lation. Article 2 1. In the case of the Azores and Madeira, should the overall annual quota of 15000 tonnes not be exhausted by the catches of vessels registered at the ports of the Azores and/or Madeira the operators concerned may resort to the use of tuna originating in other Member States. () OJ L 208, 24. 7. 1998, p. 1. @) O] L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. 2. For all the regions, the maximum annual quantities for the various species shall be those laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1587/98. 3. In the case of Guiana, the compensation shall be paid for the quantities produced, as the producers are the recipients of the scheme. The eligible quantities shall be expressed in head-on shrimp equivalent; a coefficient of 1,6 shall be applied when they are presented head-off. 4. In the case of Réunion, the compensation shall be paid for the quantities exported, as the exporters are the recipients of the scheme. The eligible quantities shall be expressed in whole equivalent (gutted with head). A processing coefficient of 1,15 shall be applied for fish presented gutted and with head removed (VDK), and a processing coefficient of 1,65 shall be applied when they are exported in the form of loins. 5. No compensation shall be granted for tuna imported from third countries. Article 3 1. The agricultural conversion rate applicable to the aid amounts shall be that in force on the first day of the month in which the products are physically taken over by: (a) the first purchaser for the purposes of marketing fresh or the industrial undertaking concerned in the case of the Azores and Madeira; (b) the first purchaser for the purposes of marketing fresh, the freezing undertaking or, where applicable, the processing undertaking concerned in the case of the Canary Islands. 2. In the case of Guiana, the agricultural conversion rate applicable to the aid amounts shall be that in force on the first day of the month in which the eligible products are landed. 3. In the case of Réunion, the agricultural conversion rate applicable to the aid amounts shall be that in force on the first day of the month in which the eligible products are exported.