CHAPTER VC1USE OF EURO

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Article 28Export refunds and trade with third countries

1.

For amounts relating to imports and for export taxes, fixed in euro F2... relating to F3agricultural support and applicable F4in sterling, the conversion rate shall be specifically equal to the rate applicable pursuant to Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.

2.

For export refunds fixed in euro and for prices and amounts expressed in euro in F5the law applying in the constituent nation regarding trade with third countries, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the acceptance of the customs declaration.

3.

For the purpose of calculating the standard import value of fruit and vegetables referred to in Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/201123, in order to determine the entry price referred to in Article 137(1) 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 134(3) of that Regulation shall be the day to which the representative prices relate.

Article 29Production refunds and specific types of aid

1.

For production refunds fixed in euro by F6sectoral agricultural legislation, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the date on which it is declared that the products have reached the destination required, as the case may be, by that legislation. In cases where no such destination is required, the operative event shall be the acceptance of the application for payment of the refund by the paying agency.

2.

For aid granted by quantity of marketed product or product to be used in a specific way, without prejudice to Articles 30 to 33, 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.

3.

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.

4.

For aid other than that referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article and in Articles 30 and 31, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the deadline for the submission of applications.

Article 30Wine sector

1.

The operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine year in which the support is granted for the following:

  1. (a)

    restructuring and conversion of vineyards referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

  2. (b)

    setting-up of mutual funds referred to in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

  3. (c)

    harvest insurance referred to in Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

2.

For the aids paid for the voluntary or obligatory distillation of by-products of wine-making, referred to in Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine year in which the by-product is delivered.

3.

For investments referred to in Article 50 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and the innovation in the wine sector referred to in Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year in which the decision to grant the aid is taken.

4.

For green harvesting operations referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the green harvesting operation takes place.

Article 31Amounts and payments in the milk and milk products sector

1.

For aid granted for supplying certain milk products to pupils as referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/200824, 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.

2.

For the payment of the levy referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/200425, for a given twelve-month period within the meaning of Chapter III of Title I of Part II of Council Regulation (EU) No 1234/200726, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 April following the period concerned.

3.

For the transport costs referred to in Article 30(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/200927, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the valid offer has been received by the competent authority.

Article 32Amounts and payments of aid linked to the implementation of the School Fruit Scheme

For aid granted for the supply of fruit and vegetable, processed fruit and vegetable and banana products to children as referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/200928, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January preceding the period referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation.

Article 32aF1Amounts and payments of aid linked to implementation of the School scheme

For aid granted for the implementation of the school scheme referred to in Section I of Chapter II of Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January preceding the school year concerned.

Article 33Minimum price for beet, surplus levy and production charge in the sugar sector

For the production charge on sugar, for the minimum beet price, and for the surplus levy referred to in Articles 128, 135 and 142 respectively of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, 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 34Amounts of a structural or environmental character and overheads of operational programmes

1.

For the amounts referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, as well as for the amounts relating to measures approved under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, for which the payments to beneficiaries are assured by the rural development programmes approved under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, 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, F7... 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 sums referred to in point 2(a) of Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, intended to cover overheads specifically related to the operational funds or programmes referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year to which these overheads relate.

F8Article 35Amounts linked to the authorisation to grant national financial assistance to producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector and the partial reimbursement of this national financial assistance

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Article 36Other amounts and prices

For prices or amounts other than those referred to in Articles 28 to 35, or amounts linked to those prices, expressed in euro F9..., 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:

  1. (a)

    for purchases, when the valid offer has been received;

  2. (b)

    for sales, when the valid offer has been received;

  3. (c)

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

  4. (d)

    for non-harvesting and green harvesting operations in the fruit and vegetables sector, the day on which the non-harvesting and green harvesting operation takes place;

  5. (e)

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

  6. (f)

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

  7. (g)

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

  8. (h)

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

Article 37Payment 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 38Securities

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:

  1. (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;

  2. (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;

  3. (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.

Article 39Scrutiny of transactions

The amounts in euro appearing in Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be converted, where appropriate, into F10sterling by applying the rate of exchange operating on the first working date of the year when the scrutiny period begins and published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 40Determination of the exchange rate

When an operative event is fixed F11..., 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:

  1. (a)

    for the cases referred to in Article 28(2) of this Regulation 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92;

  2. (b)

    for intervention expenditure incurred in the context of public storage operations, the rate resulting from the application of Article 3(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 906/201429;

  3. (c)

    for the minimum price for beet referred to in Article 33 of this Regulation, the average rate established by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the month prior to the operative event.