L 190/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 23.7.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1608/1999 of 22 July 1999 repealing certain Commission regulations concerning the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (1)  Whereas several legislative acts concerning the EAGGF Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (3), and in particular Articles 4(6), 5(3) and 5a thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 188378 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guar- antee Fund, Guarantee Section (*), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1259/96 (%), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 474[77 of 8 March 1977 on the use of a separate heading in the Communi- ties' budget for the financial effect of the different conversion rates applied for measures financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGE (), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 268174 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid (°), and in particular Article 5 thereof, have become obsolete because of changes in the basic legislation and because the regulatory aims for which these acts were created have been achieved; whereas these legislative acts should be formally repealed for the sake of clarity, legal certainty and simplification; (2)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Management Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Regulations listed in the Annex hereto are repealed. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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. Done at Brussels, 22 July 1999. () O] L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. () O] L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1. () O] L 216, 5.8.1978, p. 1. (% O] L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 10. () O] L 64, 10.3.1977, p. 2. (9 O] L 288, 25.10.1974, p. 1 For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission