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document COM(1979)352 EN
date November 22, 1979


Article 1

Article 107 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 shall be replaced by the following:

"Article 107 - Currency conversion

1. For the purposes of implementing the following provisions: (a) Regulation : Article 12 (2), (3) and (4), the last sentence of Article 19 (1) (b), the last sentence of Article 22 (1) (ii), the penultimate sentence of Article 25 (1) (b), Article 41 (1) (c) and (d), Article 46 (3) and (4), Article 50, the last sentence of Article 52 (b), the last sentence of Article 55 (1) (ii), the first subparagraph of Article 70 (1), the penultimate sentence of Article 71 (1) (b) (ii);

(b) Implementing Regulation : Article 34 (1), Article 119 (2);


the rate of conversion into a national currency of amounts shown in another national currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and based on the monthly average, during the reference period defined in paragraph 2, of the exchange rates of those currencies, which are notified to the Commission for the purposes of the European Monetary System.

2. The reference period shall be: - the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,

- the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 July following,

- the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,

- the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.


3. The exchange rates to be used for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be the rates notified to the Commission at the same time by the central banks for the calculation of the ECU within the framework of the European Monetary System.

4. The date to be taken into account for determining the rates of conversion to be applied in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed by the Administrative Commission on a proposal from the Audit Board. (1)OJ No L 149, 5.7.1971, p. 2. (2)OJ No L 185, 21.7.1979, p. 1. (3)OJ No C 249, 3.10.1979, p. 5. (4)Opinion delivered on 16 November 1979 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (5)Opinion delivered on 26 September 1979 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (6)OJ No L 379, 30.12.1978, p. 2. (7)OJ No L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1.

5. The rates of conversion to be applied in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in the course of the last month but one preceding the month from the first day of which they are to apply.

6. In cases not covered by paragraph 1, the conversion shall be made at the official rate of exchange on the day of payment both for the payment and reimbursement of benefits."

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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.