No L 212/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 8. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2452/88 of 4 August 1988 fixing the special rates for convemng the free-at-frontier reference prices of imported liqueur wines into national currency. THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, - Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2253/88 (3), ‘ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (*), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, . Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76 of 17 June 1976 laying down detailed rules for the importation of products in the wine-growing sector originating in certain third countries (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2135/84(9), and in particular . Article 1a (4) thereof, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas, pursuant ‘to Article la of Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76, special rates are used to convert the free-at- frontier reference prices for imported liqueur wines into " national currency ; whereas the special rates applicable at present were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 566/88 0; Whereas for the currencies of the Member States main- tained at any given moment within a maximum spread of 2,25 %, the special rate is the conversion rate resulting from the central rate ; whereas, for the other currencies, the special rate for the period 1 September 1988 to 28 February 1989 is equal to the conversion rate in relation ~ to all the currencies of the Member States maintained at any given moment with a maximum spread of 2,25 % resulting from the average rate taken into consideration for the purposes of calculating the monetary amounts valid on 1 August 1989; Whereas under the terms of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 35. %) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. L (9 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1. | % OJ No L 157, 18. 6. 1976, p. %, (9 OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1984, p. 21. 8OJN0L54 1. 3. 1988, p. 77. § OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 amounts in agriculture (%) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1889/87 (%), and in particular of Article 6 (1) thereof, the central rates and the market rates are to be muitiplied by a corrective factor, - HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The special rate referred to in Article 1a of Regulation. (EEC) No 1393/76 shall be: ~ (a) for the Belgian franc and the Luxembourg franc: Bfrs/Lfrs 1 = 0,0207096 ECU; (b) for the Danish krone: Dkr 1 = 0,111981 ECU; (c). for the German mark : DM 1 = 0427144 ECU; (d) for the French franc : FF 1 = 0,127359 ECU; (e) for the Irish pound: £Inl1 = 1,14430 ECU; (f) for the Dutch guilder: Fl 1 = 0379097 ECU; (g) for the pound sterling: £1 = 1,35971 ECU; (h) for the Italian Lira: Lit 100 = 0,0579677 ECU; (i) for the Greek drachma: Dr 100 = 0,535093 ECU; () for the Spanish peseta: Pta 100 = 0,647958 ECU. Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 566/88 is hereby repealed. Article 3 This Regﬁlation shall enter into force on 1 September 1988. o L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6. o L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 1.