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Council Regulation (EU) No 671/2010 of 13 July 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 as regards the conversion rate to the euro for Estonia

EU Regulation No 671/2010 · Adopted 13 July 2010 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Regulation (EU) No 671/2010

of 13 July 2010

amending Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 as regards the conversion rate to the euro for Estonia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 140(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bankf1,

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 of 31 December 1998 on the conversion rates between the euro and the currencies of the Member States adopting the eurof2 determines the conversion rates as from 1 January 1999.

(2)

According to Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession, Estonia is a Member State with a derogation as defined in Article 139(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter ‘the Treaty’).

(3)

Pursuant to Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Estonia of the euro on 1 January 2011f3, Estonia fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation of Estonia is abrogated with effect from 1 January 2011.

(4)

The introduction of the euro in Estonia requires the adoption of the conversion rate between the euro and the Estonian kroon. This conversion rate shall be set at 15,6466 kroon per 1 euro, which corresponds to the current central rate of the kroon in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II).

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Opinion delivered on 5 July 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

f2

OJ L 359, 31.12.1998, p. 1.

f3

See page 24 of this Official Journal.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature

1

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2866/98, the following line is inserted between the conversion rates applicable to the German mark and the Greek drachma:

‘= 15,6466 Estonian kroons’.

2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.

Signature

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2010.

For the Council

The President

D. Reynders