31975R2118

No L 215 / 20 13 . 8 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2118 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 August 1975 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 540/75 on additional measures to be taken in agriculture following the fixing, with effect from 4 August 1975 , of new represen­ tative rates for the currencies of certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN analogous to those set out in Article 3 of Commission COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 (4) of 28 February 1975 laying down additional measures to be taken in agri­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European culture following the fixing, with effect from 3 March Economic Community ; 1975, of new representative rates for the currencies of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No certain Member States, as last amended by Regulation 475/75 (') 27 February 1975 on the exchange rates (EEC) No 2022/75 O ; to be applied in agriculture as amended by Regulation Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (EEC) No 1 925/75 (2), and in particular Article 4 are in accordance with the Opinions of all the rele­ thereof ; vant Management Committees and also with that of Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1925/75 has amended, the Standing Committee on Agricultural Products, with effect from 4 August 1975, the representative rates shown in Regulation (EEC) No 475/75 for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Irish pound and the pound sterling ; whereas, however, since the provisions of Article 2 of Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 475/75 remain applicable for the Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 shall be products for which the marketing year or the period of application of common prices only begins after 4 supplemented by the following paragraph : August 1975 , the adaptation of the buying in and ' 3 . For those Member States to the currencies of intervention prices fixed within the framework of the which the new representative rates apply from 4 common agricultural policy shall not take place for August 1975, certain products until the beginning of the relevant (a) the provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply for period ; the new representative rates, taking into Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1925/75 has moreover account the following dates : brought into operation the provisions of Council Regu­ — 4 August 1975 for the products for which lation ( EEC) No 1134/68 0 of 30 July 1968 laying the 1975/76 marketing year had already down rules for the implementation of Regulation begun by that date , (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for altering the value — the dates shown in Article 2 of Regulation of the unit of account used for the common agricul­ (EEC) No 475/75 for the other products ; tural policy ; (b) the provisions of Article 2 shall apply taking Whereas Article 4 of that Regulation provides, inter into account that the date of 3 March 1975 alia, that any person having applied for and obtained shall be replaced by that of 4 August 1975. the advance fixing of an amount for a given transac­ tion may have that advance fixing and the relevant A rticle 2 document or certificate cancelled ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas, therefore , rules should be laid down for the publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. new representative rates valid from 4 August 1975,

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

Done at Brussels , 12 August 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p . 28 . (-) OJ No L 195, 26 . 7. 1975, p . 35 . (4 ) OJ No L 57, 3 . 3 . 1975, p. 29 . ( J ) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p . 1 . (5 ) OJ No L 205, 4. 8 . 1975, p. 28 .