1.7.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 159/103 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1718/93 of 30 June 1993 regarding the operative event for the agricultural conversion rates used in the ' seeds sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof, Whereas the aid introduced by Article 3 of Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3695/92 (%), may be granted in respect of the products referred to in the Annex to the said Regulation ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1546/75 of 18 June 1975 defining the event in which the aid in respect of seeds becomes due and payable (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2811/86 (°), defines the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate on the basis of legal criteria and provisions which have been fundamen- tally modified by the new agrimonetary arrangements introduced in Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ; whereas, in accordance with the new provisions, the event by means of which the economic objective is attained occurs during harvest and may therefore be considered to be 1 August of each marketing year; whereas, therefore, that date is the date of the operative event for the agricultural conver- sion rate applicable to aid to seed producers; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The rate to be applied for the purposes of the aid provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 shall be the agricultural conversin rate in force on 1 August of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is due. Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 1546/75 is hereby repealed. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 1993. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1. () OF No L 374, 22. 12. 1992, p. 40. () OJ No L 157, 19. 6. 1975, p. 14. () OF No L 260, 12. 9. 1986, p. 8. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission