
Article 1 
For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, the adjustment coefficient provided for in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, for 2004, shall be:

— for each traditional operator A/B: 1,00261;
— for each traditional operator C: 1,00894.
By 3 December 2004 at the latest the competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the operators concerned of their reference quantities as adjusted pursuant to this Article.
Article 2 
Operators can submit licence requests on 7 and 8 December 2004.
To be accepted, the requests for import licences submitted by a traditional operator must not cover a quantity higher than the difference between the reference quantity, communicated pursuant to Article 1, and the total of the quantities referring to the import licences which were issued to him for 2004.
The national authorities shall issue the import licences as soon as possible.
Article 3 
Regulation (EC) No 2036/2003 shall be repealed.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 November 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission