2.9.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 223/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2431/93 of 1 September 1993 fixing, for July 1993, the specific agricultural conversion rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the sugar sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1548/93 (9, 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 (), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of 30 June 1993 establishing special detailed " rules for applying the agricultural conversion-rate in the sugar sector (*), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof, Whereas Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 provides that the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is to be converted into national currency using a specific agricultural conversion rate equal to the average, calculated pro rata temporis, of the agricultural conversion rates applicable during the month of storage ; whereas that specific rate must be fixed each month for the previous month ; Whereas application of these provisions will lead to the fixing, for July 1993, of the specific agricultural conver- sion rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the various national currencies as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The specific agricultural conversion rate to be used to convert the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 into each of the national currencies for July 1993 shall be -as indicated in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the Europea Communities. . It shall apply from 1 July 1993. This Regulation ‘shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in alllMember States. Done at Brussels, 1 September 1993. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. () OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 10. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OF No L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 94. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission