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United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2004

of 12 July 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 204/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rice from the 1998 and 1999 harvests held by the Italian intervention agency

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^f1, and in particular Article 8(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rice from the 1998 and 1999 harvests held by the Italian intervention agency^f2.

(2)

The situation of the market in rice currently offers opportunities for disposing of additional quantities, particularly in the case of broken rice. The quantities of rice sold under Regulation (EC) No 204/2004 should therefore be supplemented by a further quantity of rice held by the Italian intervention agency.

(3)

In order to dispose of the remaining quantities, the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 204/2004 should be extended by making provision for additional partial invitations to tender in July and August 2004.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 204/2004 should therefore 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:

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
f2: OJ L 34, 6.2.2004, p. 23.