Commission Regulation (EC) No 420/98 of 20 February 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products
21. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 52/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 420/98 of 20 February 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1756/93 should be amended to take account of these amendments; 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 (1), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 150/95 (2), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof, fixes the operative events Whereas Part B of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 569/96 (4), applicable pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16 February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 531/96 (6); whereas that Regulation was repealed and replaced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 (7) which introduces, inter alia, the possibility of using cream to which no tracers have been added under the aid arrangements; whereas Regulation (EEC) No last intervention on the market as Whereas Part D of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 fixes the operative events for storage costs to be paid by the seller where butter or skimmed-milk powder offered for public intervention do not fulfil the require- ments laid down in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 454/95 of 28 February 1995 laying down detailed rules in butter and for cream (8), amended by Regulation (EC) No 419/98 (9), and Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 322/96 of 22 February 1996 laying down detailed rules of application for the public storage of skimmed- milk powder (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 419/98; whereas the said storage costs are fixed with reference to Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 of 12 December 1990 on the accounting rules for intervention measures involving the buying-in, storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (11), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1392/97 (12); whereas, in order to ensure consistency, the abovementioned operative events should be replaced by a reference to the operative event provided for in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Part B. II, point 6 is replaced by the following: Regulation Amounts concerned Agricultural conversion rate to be applied ‘6. (EC) No 2571/97 Tendering price accepted under the tendering procedure referred to in Article 16(2)(d) Agricultural plicable on the date of payment;’ conversion rate ap- (1) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. (3) OJ L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 48. (4) OJ L 80, 30. 3. 1996, p. 48. (5) OJ L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 31. (6) OJ L 78, 28. 3. 1996, p. 13. (7) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3. (8) OJ L 46, 1. 3. 1995, p. 1. (9) See page 20 of this Official Journal. (10) OJ L 45, 23. 2. 1996, p. 5. (11) OJ L 350, 14. 12. 1990, p. 43. (12) OJ L 190, 19. 7. 1997, p. 22. L 52/22 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 2. 98 2. in Part B. III, point 4 is replaced by the following: Regulation Amounts concerned Agricultural conversion rate to be applied ‘4. (EC) No 2571/97 of aid accepted A. Amount under tendering pro- cedure referred to in Article 16(3)(d) the B. Amount of aid reduction referred to in the third sub- paragraph of Article 22(4) (i) Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the first day of the month in which the tracers referred to in Article 6(1) are added (ii) Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the first day of the month in which the concen- trated butter is manufactured in accordance Article 22(3)(b)(i) with (iii) Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the first day of the month in which the butter tracers is incorporated without in the intermediate products referred to in Article 8 or the final products referred to in Article 4(1) (iv) Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the first day of the month in which the cream without tracers is incorporated in the final products referred to in Article 4(1)(B). the where However, deadline referred to in Article 11 is exceeded, the agricultural conversion rate shall be that applicable on the first day of the month in which the deadline expires. Agricultural conversion rate plicable on the first day of month in which the referred to in Article 11 expires. ’; ap- the deadline 3. 4. in point 2. A, Part D, the words ‘Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the date of taking over within the meaning of Article 5(1)’ are replaced by ‘Agricultural conversion rate referred to in Article 7(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90’; in point 3. A, Part D, the words ‘Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the date of taking over of the goods concerned’ are replaced by ‘Agricultural conversion rate referred to in Article 7(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, Article 1(1) and (2) shall apply to invitations to tender with a deadline for the submission of tenders after 1 January 1998. 21. 2. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 52/23 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 February 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission