
Article 1 
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 is replaced by the following:
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Article 4 

1. In order to benefit from the single area payment scheme, a farmer shall submit to the competent authority, by a date to be fixed by the new Member State which shall not be later than 15 July 2004, an application indicating the areas eligible according to the conditions referred to in Article 143b(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.
2. For modifications of applications, within the meaning of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, to the single area payment scheme, the date referred to in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 shall be a date to be fixed by the new Member State which shall not be later than 15 July 2004.
3. The single area payment application shall be treated as an aid application within the meaning of Article 2(i) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 15 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 June 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission