# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1326/2004

of 19 July 2004

fixing the final amount of aid for dried fodder for the 2003/2004 marketing year

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 of 21 February 1995 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder [^1] , and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 603/95 fix the amounts of aid to be paid to processors for dehydrated fodder and sun-dried fodder produced during the 2003/2004 marketing year up to the maximum guaranteed quantities laid down in Article 4(1) and (3) of that Regulation.

**(2)** The information forwarded to the Commission by the Member States under the second indent of Article 15(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/95 of 6 April 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder [^2] indicates that the maximum guaranteed quantity for dried fodder has been exceeded, and that the maximum guaranteed quantity for sun-dried fodder has not been exceeded.

**(3)** It should therefore be laid down that the aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 603/95 for dried fodder should be reduced in accordance with Article 5 of that Regulation. The aid for sun-dried fodder should be paid to recipients in full.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The aid for dehydrated fodder and sun-dried fodder provided for in Article 3(2) and (3) respectively of Regulation (EC) No 603/95 shall be paid as follows for the 2003/2004 marketing year:

**a)** the amount of aid for dried fodder shall be reduced to 66,45 EUR per tonne in all the Member States;

**b)** the aid for sun-dried fodder shall be paid in full.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 July 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 63, 21.3.1995, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_063_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 ( [OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_122_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 79, 7.4.1995, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_079_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1413/2001 ( [OJ L 191, 13.7.2001, p. 8](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2001_191_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1413/2001 ().