{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1850/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1850",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2004 of 25 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 fixing the exchange rate applicable in 2004 to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environmental nature in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1850",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2004\nof 25 October 2004\namending Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 fixing the exchange rate applicable in 2004 to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environmental nature in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 of 22 April 2004 setting certain operative events for the exchange rate for 2004 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to take account of their accession to the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 1 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe exchange rates in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 apply to the support schemes for which the operative event for the exchange rate was fixed for the abovementioned Member States at 1 May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 751/2004.\n(2)\nFollowing the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 by Regulation (EC) No 1843/2004, the operative event for the exchange rate for 2004 in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia for the purposes of converting into national currency the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, which establishes common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and certain support schemes for farmers, and amends certain regulations, is fixed as the date of entry into force of the 2003 Treaty of Accession.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 1117/2004 does not refer to the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. The rates fixed in the Annex thereto should, however, also apply to the area payment for nuts.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 1117/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 19. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1843/2004 (OJ L 322, 23.10.2004, p. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 864/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 48)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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