No L 244/10 Official Journal of -the European Communities 2. 9. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2746/88 of 1 September 1988 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 as regards the agricultural conversion rates for the pigmeat in the United Kingdom THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, -Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 Juhe 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1889/87 (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Whereas Article 6a of Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 stipulates that, under the procedure laid down in Atticle 12 of the same Regulation, the agricultural conversion rate for a Member State must be adapted so as to avoid the creation of new monetary compensatory amounts for pigmeat ; whereas, however, such adaptation may not entail the creation of a difference of more than eight points between the monetary gaps for pigmeat and cereals; Whereas changes. in market rates for sterling in the reference period 24 to 30 ‘August 1988, having regard to the agricultural conversion rate determined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2185/88 (%), would normally,in accordance - with the provisions of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3153/85(%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3770/87 (%), entail an increase with effect as from 5 September 1988 in the monetary compensatory amounts applicable for the United Kingdom to pigmeat ; whereas in the absence of any increase in the relevant compensatory amounts, a difference of more than eight points would develop between the monetary gaps for pigmeat and cereals; whereas the agricultural conversion rate must therefore be adapted so as to limit the creation of these new compensatory amounts, allowing a difference of eight points between the monetary 8aps; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant Management Committees, ’ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Annex XI to Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85, the line relating to pigmeat is hereby replaced by the following line : Agricultural conversion rates Products : 1 F‘C'US = Applicable until ! ECU£ = Applicable frqm ‘Pigmeat. 0,704020 4 September 0,706696 5 September 1988 1988’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 5 September 1988. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6. () OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 11. () OJ No L 195, 23. 7. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 310, 21. 11. 1985, p. 4. (9 OJ No L 355, 17. 12. 1987, p. 16. .