17. 1. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 14/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 100/84 of 16 January 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1054/78 following the fixing of new rates of exchange to be applied in agriculture for the German mark and the Dutch guilder THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the E'urOpean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture ("), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1877/83 (3, and in particular Article 6 (c) thereof, : Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83 provides that, as regards the amounts fixed in ECU, an increase may be provided for ; whergas use should be made of this possibility to the extent necessary to prevent any diminution in national currency of the amounts concerned ; whereas it appears appropriate, in view of the abovementioned Regulation, to fix that increase at 2,413 % and for certain amounts at 1,691 %, and to amend Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1054/78 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1873/83 (*) accordingly ; + Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1054/78 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1984. "This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 January 1984. () OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 33. () OJ No L 186, 9. 7. 1983, p. 24. () O] No L 134, 22. 5. 1978, p. 40. () O] No L 186, 9. 7. 1983, p. 17. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission