# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1410/2004

of 2 August 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of rye held by the German intervention agency

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals [^1] , and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 1185/2004 [^2] opens a standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 000 000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency.

**(2)** As the invitation to tender has been opened for exports to all third countries, the procedure for releasing the export security should be simplified.

**(3)** In the current market situation the standing invitation to tender should be amended to take account of the oldest lots available.

**(4)** Regulation (EC) No 1185/2004 should be amended as a result.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Regulation (EC) No 1185/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

**1.** Article 8(2), second and third paragraphs, and Article 8(3) are deleted.

**2.** Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

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

Point 1 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 July 2004.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 August 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 271, 21.10.2003, p. 78](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 227, 26.6.2004, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_227_R_TOC) .

‘ANNEX I (tonnes) Place of storage Quantity Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg/Niedersachsen/Bremen/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 179 979 Berlin/Brandenburg/Sachsen-Anhalt/Sachsen/Thüringen 820 016 999 995 ’

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