
Article 1 
Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 708/98, all deliveries of paddy rice for taking over by the intervention agency in respect of the 2003/04 marketing year must take place no later than 31 August 2004.
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 1 June 2004.
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