# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1107/2004

of 11 June 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 708/98 as regards the maximum quantities for the third tranche of intervention in the 2003/04 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 3072/95 of 22 December 1995, on the common organisation of the market in rice [^1] and in particular Article 8(b) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003, on the common organisation of the market in rice [^2] , and in particular Article 32(3) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The conditions governing the taking over of paddy rice by the intervention agencies are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 708/98 of 30 March 1998 on the taking over of paddy rice by the intervention agencies and fixing the corrective amounts and the price increases and reductions to be applied [^3] .

**(2)** Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 limited the quantities that may be bought in by the intervention agencies in the period from 1 April 2004 to 31 July 2004 to 100 000 tonnes.

**(3)** In several Member States the quantities being offered for intervention are far greater than the quantities specified in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/98. In the light of the market situation resulting from the above-mentioned supply balance, those quantities should be increased by 45 000 tonnes and the maximum quantities for the third tranche of intervention for the 2003/04 marketing year amended.

**(4)** Regulation (EC) No 708/98 should be amended accordingly.

**(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**

In Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/98, in the column headed ‘Tranche 3’, ‘0’ is replaced by ‘45 000’.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 11 June 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_329_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 with effect from the date of entry into force of that Regulation.

[^2] [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 98, 31.3.1998, p. 21](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1998_098_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 579/2004 ( [OJ L 90, 7.3.2004, p. 54](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_090_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 with effect from the date of entry into force of that Regulation.
[^2]: .
[^3]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 579/2004 ().