The maximum amounts of the first tranche of compensatory aid to be granted as a result of the reduction recorded on the dates of the operative event (1 and 3 January 1999) in the conversion rates for the euro in force from 1 January 1999 in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and Finland and the exchange rates for the Danish krone and the pound sterling as against the agricultural conversion rates previously applicable shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
However, agrimonetary compensation shall only be granted for structural and environmental measures where the amount, applied in the Member State concerned and expressed in national currency, is at least equal to the ceiling.