L 342/6 Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2304/2003 of 29 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agri- monetary system for the euro in agriculture THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: 1 Under Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 (), the operative event for the exchange rate in the case of aid per hectare is the start of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted. Council Regulation (EC) No 17822003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 14542001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/ 1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 235871 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (), includes aid for energy crops, which applies from 1 January 2004. 3) This aid for energy crops is granted for the calendar year and not the marketing year. The operative event for the exchange rate for this aid should therefore be estab- lished. Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of the Management Committees concerned, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 The following second subparagraph is added to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98: ‘However, for the aid referred to in Chapter 5 of Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (*), the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year in which the aid is granted. (" OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2004. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 December 2003. () OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. (*) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 816/2003 (O] L 116, 13.5.2003, p. 12). () OJL 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission