Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER I U.K. OPERATIVE EVENTS FOR THE EXCHANGE RATE

Article 1 U.K. Export refunds and trade with third countries

1. For refunds fixed in euro and for prices and amounts expressed in euro in Community agricultural legislation to be applied in trade with third countries, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the acceptance of the customs declaration.

2. For the purpose of calculating the standard import value of fruit and vegetables referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94, in order to determine the entry price referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation, the operative event for the exchange rate for the representative prices used to calculate that standard value and the amount of the reduction referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be the day to which the representative prices relate.

Article 2 U.K. Production refunds and specific types of aid

1. For production refunds fixed in euro by Community legislation, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be:

(a) the date on which it is declared that the products have reached the destination required, as the case may be, by that legislation;

(b) in cases where no such destination is required, the acceptance of the application for payment of the refund by the paying agency.

2. For processing aid, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the date on which the products are taken over by the processor, in particular for:

(a) the aid for processing citrus fruits and fruit and vegetables referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 and in Articles 2 and 6a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 respectively;

(b) the minimum price referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96;

(c) the minimum price and the premium referred to in Articles 4a and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94.

3. For the aid for dried fodder referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 and the amounts linked to that aid, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the dried fodder leaves the processing undertaking.

4. For aid granted by quantity of marketed product or product to be used in a specific way, without prejudice to Articles 4, 5 and 6, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first operation which guarantees, after the products are taken over by the operator concerned, the appropriate use of the products in question and entails grant of the aid.

5. For private storage aid the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the period in respect of which the aid relating to one and the same contract is granted.

6. For aid other than that referred to in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Article and in Articles 4 and 5, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the deadline for the submission of applications.

Article 3 U.K. Direct payments

For the support schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and the additional amount of aid referred to in Article 12 of that Regulation, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the date referred to in Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.

[F1 Artikel 4 U.K.

1. Den udløsende begivenhed for vekselkursen er den første dag i det produktionsår, i hvilket støtten ydes til:

(a) omstrukturering og omstilling af vindyrkningsarealer, jf. artikel 11 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008

(b) oprettelse af gensidige fonde, jf. artikel 13 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008

(c) høstforsikring, jf. artikel 14 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008.

2. For støtte til frivillig eller obligatorisk destillation af biprodukter fra vinfremstilling, jf. artikel 16 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008, er den udløsende begivenhed for vekselkursen den første dag i det produktionsår, i hvilket biproduktet leveres.

3. Den udløsende begivenhed for vekselkursen er den første dag i den måned, i hvilken den første leverance af vin finder sted i henhold til en kontrakt for støtte til:

(a) destillation til konsumalkohol, jf. artikel 17 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008

(b) krisedestillation, jf. artikel 18 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008.

4. For støtte til brug af koncentreret druemost, jf. artikel 19 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008, er den udløsende begivenhed for vekselkursen den første dag i den måned, i hvilken den første tilsætning foretages af en given producent.

5. For præmien som modydelse for rydning af vinstokke, jf. artikel 98 i forordning (EF) nr. 479/2008, er den udløsende begivenhed for vekselkursen den 1. juli i det år, der går forud for det produktionsår, i hvilket ansøgningen om betaling antages.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 807/2008 of 12 August 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture, as regards the operative events in the wine sector.

Article 5 U.K. Amounts and payments in the milk and milk products sector

1. For aid for the use of butter, concentrated butter and cream in pastry products and ice-cream as referred to in Article 1(b)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 and for aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community as referred in Article 1(b)(ii) of that Regulation, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the final day for submission of the tender falls.

2. For aid for the purchase of butter by non-profit organisations as referred to Article 1(b)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the period for which the voucher provided for in Article 75(1) of that Regulation is valid.

3. For aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use in feedingstuffs as referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the skimmed milk or skimmed-milk powder is processed into compound feedingstuff or in which the skimmed-milk powder is denatured.

[F2 4. For aid granted for supplying certain milk products to pupils as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2707/2000, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the period to which the payment application referred to in Article 11 of that Regulation relates.]

5. For aid for skimmed milk used in the production of casein and caseinates referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day of manufacture of the casein and caseinates.

6. For the payment of the levy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004, for a given twelve-month period within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 April following the period concerned.

7. For the transport costs referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 and in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 214/2001, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the valid offer has been received by the competent authority.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 873/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture.

Article 6 U.K. Minimum price for beet, one-off amount, surplus amount and production charge in the sugar sector

For the minimum price for beet, the one-off amount levied on the additional sugar quotas and on the supplementary isoglucose quotas, and the surplus amount and the production charge referred to in Articles 5, 8(3), 9(3), 15 and 16 respectively of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 October of the marketing year in respect of which the prices and amounts are applied or paid.

Article 7 U.K. Amounts of a structural or environmental character and overheads of operational programmes

1. For the amounts referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as well as for the amounts relating to measures approved under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, for which the payments to beneficiaries are assured by the rural development programmes approved under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year in which the decision to grant the aid is taken.

However, where, under Community rules, payment of the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph is staggered over several years, the operative event for the exchange rate for each of the annual instalments shall be l January of the year for which the instalment in question is paid.

2. For the lump sums referred to in point 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, intended to cover overheads specifically related to the operational funds or programmes referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year to which these overheads relate.

Article 8 U.K. Other amounts and prices

For prices or amounts other than those referred to in Articles 1 to 7, or amounts linked to those prices, expressed in euro in Community legislation, or expressed in euro by a tendering procedure, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which one of the following legal acts occurs:

(a)

for purchases, when the valid offer has been received or, in the fruit and vegetables sector, when the products are taken over by the storekeeper;

(b)

for sales, when the valid offer has been received or, in the fruit and vegetables sector, when the operator concerned takes over the products;

(c)

for withdrawals of products in the fruit and vegetables sector, the day on which the withdrawal takes place;

(d)

for costs of transport, processing or public storage and for amounts allocated to studies or promotional measures as part of a tendering procedure, the final day for the submission of tenders;

(e)

for the recording of prices, amounts or tenders on the market, the day in respect of which the price, amount or tender is recorded;

(f)

for penalties linked to non-compliance with agricultural legislation, the date of the act of the competent authority which establishes the facts;

(g)

for turnover or amounts relating to production volumes, the start of the reference period laid down by agricultural legislation.

Article 9 U.K. Payment of advances

For advances, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the operative event applicable to the price or amount to which the advance relates, where this event has occurred by the time the advance is paid, or, in other cases, the date of setting in euro of the advance or, failing that, the date of payment of the advance.

The operative event for the exchange rate shall be applied to advances without prejudice to the application to the entire price or amount in question of the operative event for that price or amount.

Article 10 U.K. Securities

For securities, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the date on which the security is lodged.

However, the following exceptions shall apply:

(a)

for securities relating to advances, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the operative event as defined for the amount of the advance, where that event has occurred by the time the security is paid;

(b)

for securities relating to the submission of tenders, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the tender is submitted;

(c)

for securities relating to the performance of tenders, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the closing date of the invitation to tender.

CHAPTER II U.K. EXCHANGE RATE

Article 11 U.K. Determination of the exchange rate

When an operative event is fixed under Community legislation, the exchange rate to be used shall be the most recent rate set by the European Central Bank (ECB) prior to the first day of the month in which the operative event occurs.

However, in the following cases, the exchange rate to be used shall be:

(a)

for the cases referred to in Article 1(1) in which the operative event for the exchange rate is the acceptance of the customs declaration, the rate referred to in Article 18(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92(1);

(b)

for intervention expenditure incurred in the context of public storage operations, the rate resulting from the application of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 884/2006;

(c)

[F2 for the minimum price for beet referred to in Article 6, the average rate established by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the month prior to the operative event.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 873/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture.

CHAPTER III U.K. AMENDING AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 12 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85

Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 12

1. Securities as referred to in Article 1 shall be constituted in euro.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where the security is accepted in a Member State outside the euro zone, in national currency, the amount of the security in euro shall be converted into that currency in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(2). The undertaking corresponding to the security and any amount withheld in the event of irregularities or breaches shall remain fixed in euro.’

Article 13 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3164/89

Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3164/89 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the aid shall be that referred to in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(3).’

Article 14 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90

Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

The operative events for the exchange rate applicable to the aid and to the securities shall be those referred to in Articles 2(5) and 10 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(4).’

Article 15 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3446/90

Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3446/90 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

The operative events for the exchange rate applicable to the aid and to the securities shall be those referred to in Articles 2(5) and 10 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(5).’

Article 16 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93

In the second paragraph of Article 6(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, the second sentence is replaced by the following:

‘The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the refund shall be that referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(6).’

Article 17 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93

Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 11

The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the compensatory aid shall be that referred to in Article 2(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(7).’

[F2 Article 18 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1670/2006

Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1670/2006 is replaced by the following:

‘2. The rate of the refund shall be that applicable on the day on which the cereals are placed under control. However, as regards the quantities distilled in each of the fiscal distillation periods following that in which the placing under control occurred, the rate shall be that applicable on the first day of each fiscal distillation period concerned.

The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the refund shall be that referred to in Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 (8) .’]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 873/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture.

Article 19 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/94

Article 11(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/94 is replaced by the following:

‘8. For the amounts fixed within the framework of the measures referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be that referred to in Article 2(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(9).’

Article 20 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999

In Article 6, the last subparagraph, and in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the refund shall be that referred to in Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(10).’

[F2 Article 21 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1669/2006

Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1669/2006 is replaced by the following:

‘ ‘ Article 16‘ ‘Exchange rate

The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the amount and to the prices referred to in Article 11 and to the security referred to in Article 9 shall be those referred to in point (a) of Article 8 and in Article 10 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 (11) .’]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 873/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture.

Article 22 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 907/2000

Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 907/2000 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 13

The operative events for the exchange rate applicable to the aid and to the securities shall be those referred to in Articles 2(5) and 10 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(12).’

Article 23 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000

The second subparagraph of Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 is deleted.

F3 Article 24 U.K. [F3 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 245/2001]

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Textual Amendments

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 507/2008 of 6 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (Codified version).

Article 25 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2236/2003

Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2236/2003 is deleted.

Article 26 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004

Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 14

The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the payment of the levy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 shall be that referred to in Article 5(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(13).’

Article 27 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004

Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

For the amount referred to in Article 3 the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the same as that referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006(14).’

Article 28 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 382/2005

Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 382/2005 is deleted.

Article 29 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006

Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 is deleted.

Article 30 U.K. Repeal

Regulations (EEC) Nos 1003/81, 3749/86, 1713/93, 1718/93, 1756/93, 1759/93, 1785/93, 1793/93 and (EC) Nos 3498/93, 2808/98, 594/2004 and 383/2005 are hereby repealed.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 31 U.K. Transitional rule in the sugar sector

In the case of the conversion of the minimum price for beet referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 into national currencies in countries outside the euro zone, the arrangements applying in the 2006/07 marketing year shall be those laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1713/93.

Article 32 U.K. Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.