COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2528/98 of 25 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 laying down the regional base areas applicable under the arable support system for producers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1624/98 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1892/98 (4), lays down the regional base areas applicable under the support system for producers of certain arable crops;

Whereas, following an application from Portugal new base areas should be fixed in accordance with their regionalisation plan;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1098/94;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 the figures relating to the regions indicated in the sectors headed 'Portugal` shall be replaced by the figures in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 1999/2000 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 121, 12. 5. 1994, p. 12.

(4) OJ L 245, 4. 9. 1998, p. 32.

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