L 188/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.7.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1593/1999 of 20 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1893/98 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice may be carried out in respect of the 1997/98 wine year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 (3), and in particular Article 46(5) and Article 81 thereof, (1) ~ Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro (}) provides that every reference in a legal instrument to the ecu is to be replaced by a reference to the euro at a rate of one euro to one ecu; whereas, as a result, amounts expressed in euro are to be converted into national currency at the rate laid down by the Council; (2)  Whereas stipulation of an operative event for the amounts concerned has created legitimate expectations for the operators and Member States concerned; whereas application of the fixed rate for converting amounts laid down in Commission Decisions would lead to a reduc- tion as compared with the amounts provided for in September 1998; (3)  Whereas this problem may be solved by increasing the overall amounts for the Member States from 1 January 1999 to offset the reduction in national currency resulting from the introduction of the euro; (4)  Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1893/98 (* should therefore be amended to that effect; (5)  Whereas Articles 2 to 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 481/1999 of 4 March 1999 laying down general rules for the management of promotional programmes for certain agricultural products () contain provisions governing the time limits for the conclusion of contracts and payments; whereas, as a result, Article 1(2) of Regu- lation (EC) No 1893/98 should be deleted; (6)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1893/98 is amended as follows: 1. the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘The total amount for financing those campaigns shall be: — EUR 2231 592 in Germany, — EUR 710038 in Austria, — EUR 1618 736 in Spain, — EUR 1 835 154 in France, — EUR 710234 in the Netherlands.; 2. the second and third paragraphs are deleted. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999. () O] L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. () O] L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8. () O] L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1. () O] L 245, 4.9.1998, p. 34. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () O] L 57, 5.3.1999, p. 8.