# The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Regulation 6: Amendment of the principal Regulations


After regulation 30 there shall be inserted—
“European Currency Unit
30A (1) In Schedules 4A, B and C (charges applicable under regulation 30), the term “ECU” means European Currency Unit, and any reference in those Schedules to a specified number of ECU shall be taken as a reference to the sterling equivalent of that number of ECU, converted in accordance with paragraph (2) below.
(2) The sterling equivalent of any amount expressed in Schedules 4A, B or C as a number of ECU shall be calculated as follows—
(a) from 1st January 1998 to 31st December 1998, the rate shall be ECU 1equals;£0.774947; and
(b) from 1st January 1999, the rate for each subsequent year to 31st December shall be that which is normally published annually on the first working day of the preceding September in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3023/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-6
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