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( 6 ) OJ NO L 295 , 21 . 10 . 1982 , P . 6 .

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1244/83 OF 20 MAY 1983 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1054/78 FOLLOWING THE FIXING OF A NEW EXCHANGE RATE TO BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE FOR THE GERMAN MARK , THE IRISH POUND , THE FRENCH FRANC , THE GREEK DRACHMA , THE ITALIAN LIRA AND THE DUTCH GUILDER

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1223/83 OF 20 MAY 1983 ON THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1054/78 ( 2 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 780/83 ( 3 ) , LAID DOWN THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1134/68 ( 4 ) SHOULD APPLY ONLY IN THE CASE OF ALTERATIONS TO THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES TAKING PLACE UP TO 28 JUNE 1982 ;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1223/83 , REPLACING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 , FIXED A NEW REPRESENTATIVE RATE FOR THE GERMAN MARK , THE IRISH POUND , THE FRENCH FRANC , THE GREEK DRACHMA , THE ITALIAN LIRA AND THE DUTCH GUILDER ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE TO AMEND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1054/78 ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF ALL THE RELEVANT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1054/78 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 2 . THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1134/68 SHALL APPLY ONLY TO ADVANCE FIXINGS AND TO CERTIFICATES OR TITLES ATTESTING THEM ISSUED WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 21 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3183/80 ( 5 ) :

- BEFORE 19 OCTOBER 1982 , WITH REGARD TO THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES FOR THE BELGIAN/LUXEMBOURG FRANC AND THE FRENCH FRANC , REFERRED TO RESPECTIVELY IN ANNEXES I AND IV TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 IN THE VERSION INTRODUCED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2792/82 ( 6 ) ,

- BEFORE 26 JANUARY 1983 , WITH REGARD TO THE REPRESENTATIVE RATE FOR THE GREEK DRACHMA , REFERRED TO IN ANNEX V TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 , IN THE VERSION INTRODUCED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 221/83 ( 7 ) ,

- BEFORE 29 MARCH 1983 , WITH REGARD TO THE REPRESENTATIVE RATE FOR THE BELGIAN/LUXEMBOURG FRANC , REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 , IN THE VERSION INTRODUCED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 771/83 ( 8 ) ,

- BEFORE 17 MAY 1983 , WITH REGARD TO THE REPRESENTATIVE RATES FOR THE GERMAN MARK , THE FRENCH FRANC , THE GREEK DRACHMA , THE IRISH POUND , THE ITALIAN LIRA AND THE DUTCH GUILDER , REFERRED TO RESPECTIVELY IN ANNEXES III , IV , V , VI , VII AND VIII TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1223/83 ( 9 ) . "

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 MAY 1983 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION