COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2588/98 of 1 December 1998 fixing the definitive aid on certain grain legumes for the 1998/99 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1826/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 provides that the Commission is to determine the overrun in the maximum guaranteed area and to fix the definitive aid for the marketing year in question;

Whereas the maximum guaranteed area referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 was exceeded by 10,08 % in 1998/99; whereas the aid provided for in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 should be reduced proportionately for the marketing year in question;

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

The definitive aid for certain grain legumes for the 1998/99 marketing year shall be ECU 164,42 per hectare.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 1 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 4.

(2) OJ L 260, 23. 9. 1997, p. 11.