# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1674/2004

of 24 September 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed-milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products [^1] , and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** In accordance with Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 [^2] , intervention agencies have organised a standing invitation to tender for skimmed-milk powder taken into storage before 1 October 2002.

**(2)** In view of the quantity still available and the market situation, that date should be amended to 1 July 2003.

**(3)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, the date of ‘1 October 2002’ is replaced by the date ‘1 July 2003’.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 24 September 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ( [OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_029_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_340_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1338/2004 ( [OJ L 249, 23.7.2004, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_249_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1338/2004 ().