25.11.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/24


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1746/2006

of 24 November 2006

correcting Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006 fixing for the 2005/2006 marketing year the specific agricultural conversion rate applicable to the minimum sugar beet prices and the production levy and additional levy in the sugar sector for the currencies of those Member States which have not adopted the single currency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of 30 June 1993 establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006 (3) contains an error as regards the specific agricultural conversion rate fixed for the Slovak koruna.

(2)

The error should be corrected by replacing the exchange rate of 39,0739 indicated for the Slovak koruna with the rate 38,0739.

(3)

In order to cover the 2005/2006 marketing year the corrected rate must apply from the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development


(1)   OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (OJ L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19).

(2)   OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 94. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1509/2001 (OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 19).

(3)   OJ L 233, 26.8.2006, p. 10.


ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Specific exchange rate

EUR 1=

29,0021

Czech koruna

7,45928

Danish krone

15,6466

Estonian kroon

0,574130

Cyprus pound

0,696167

Latvian lats

3,45280

Lithuanian litas

254,466

Hungarian forint

0,429300

Maltese lira

3,92889

Polish zloty

239,533

Slovenian tolar

38,0739

Slovak koruna

9,37331

Swedish krona

0,684339

Pound sterling’