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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1785/85

of 28 June 1985

fixing the amount of aid for peas and field beans referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1485/85 (2), and in particular Article 3 (7) (b) thereof,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, aid is granted for peas and field beans harvested in the Community when the average world market price for these products is lower than the guide price: whereas this aid is equal to the difference between the two prices;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1486/85 of 23 May 1985 (3) fixed the guide price for peas and field beans for the 1985/86 marketing year;

Whereas the world market price for the products concerned was determined by a decision of the Commission, taken pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, concerning the determination of the world market price for peas and field beans;

Whereas, if the aid system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis:

- in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any moment within a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84,

- for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient;

Whereas the aid must be fixed at least once every marketing year;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amount of aid referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 shall be 5,41 ECU per 100 kilograms.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28.

(2) OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 7.

(3) OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 8.