31991R0611

18 . 3 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 70 /43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 611/91

of 14 March 1991

adjusting the agricultural conversion rates for the pigmeat sector in Portugal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN so as to avoid the creation of new monetary compensa­ COMMUNITIES, tory amounts ; Whereas the movement of the market rate for the Portu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, guese escudo during the reference period 6 to 12 March 1991 should, given the adjustment of the agricultural Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No conversion rate determined by Council Regulation 3578 /88 of 17 November 1988 laying down detailed (EEC) No 1678 /85 (5), as last amended by Regulation rules for the application of the system for the automatic (EEC) No 550/91 ('), entail, in accordance with Article dismantlement of negative monetary compensatory 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3153/85 ('), as amounts ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3672/89 (s), an 287/91 (2), and in particular Article 7 ( 1 ) thereof, increase in the monetary compensatory amounts appli­ cable to Portugal in the pigmeat sector with effect from Whereas Article 6a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 18 March 1991 ; whereas in order to prevent this it is 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory necessary to adjust the agricultural conversion rate so as amounts in agriculture (}), as last amended by Regulation to prevent the creation of new monetary compensatory (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), lays down that the agricultural amounts, having regard to the criteria in Article 7 of conversion rates of a Member State should be adjusted Regulation (EEC) No 3578/ 88,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 In Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85, the line relating to pigmeat is hereby replaced by the following :

Agricultural conversion rates Products ECU 1 - ECU 1 - Esc . . . Applicable until Esc . . . Applicable from

'Pigmeat 205,122 17 March 1991 204,267 18 March 1991 '

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March 1991 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 14 March 1991 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member ofthe Commission

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