# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1236/2004

of 5 July 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream

## 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)** Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 [^2] lays down that intervention butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 September 1999.

**(2)** Given the situation on the butter market and the quantities of butter in intervention storage and considering that the reduction in the intervention price for butter as from 1 July 2004 should be reflected in reduced market prices it is appropriate that butter in storage before 1 April 2002 should be available for sale.

**(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 21 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, ‘1 September 1999’ is replaced by ‘1 April 2002’.

## **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, 5 July 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 Commission 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 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_333_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 318/2004 ( [OJ L 55, 24.2.2004, p. 44](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_055_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004, ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 318/2004 ().