31978R0215

2 . 2 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 31 / 13

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 215 / 78 of 1 February 1978 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 937 /77 following the fixing of a new exchange rate to be applied in the United Kingdom in agriculture

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Article 1 item 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 937/77 is 878 /77 of 26 April 1 977 on the exchange rates to be hereby amended to read as follows : applied in agriculture ( ] ), as last amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 179 /78 (2), and in particular Article 5 ' 3 . The last subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regula­ thereof, tion ( EEC) No 1134/68 shall apply to the products and Member States concerned with Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 937/77 of effect from the dates set out in Article 2 (2) to 29 April 1977 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ (6) and in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No cation of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 878 /77 on the 878 / 77 .' exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (3 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 198 / 78 (4), provided that the provisions of the last subparagraph of Article Article 2 4 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation ( EEC) No 653/ 68 on conditions for alter­ The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article ations to the value of the unit of account used for the 1 item 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 937/77 : common agricultural policy (5 ), shall apply to the ' In the case of the representative rate for the products and the Member States concerned with effect pound sterling entering into force on 2 February from the dates set out in Article 2 (2) to ( 5), and in 1978 , the said provisions shall apply only to Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 878 /77 ; licences or certificates or other documents certi­ Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 179 /78 amended Arti­ fying the advance fixings issued , within the cles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 878 /77 to take meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No account of the new representative rate fixed for the 193 /75, before 25 January 1978 .' pound sterling entering into force on 2 February 1978 ; whereas , therefore , an addition needs to be made to Regulation ( EEC) No 937/77 ; Article 3 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 February ment committees concerned, 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 1978 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 106 , N 4 . 1977, p. 27, (2 ) OJ No L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1978 , p. 3 . (3 ) OJ No L 110 , 30 . 4 . 1977, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1978 , p. 43 . (5 ) Of No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 .