
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 2 (2), ‘2 000 tonnes’ is replaced by ‘5 000 tonnes’;
2.. in Article 3(1), the first sentence is replaced by the following sentence:
'The intervention agencies shall draw up notices of invitations to tender in accordance with Article 12 and shall ensure an appropriate publicity of those notices, in particular by displaying them at their head offices as well as on their website or on the website of the competent Ministry.';
3.. Article 7 is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 1, point (b) is deleted;
((b)) in paragraph 2a, the following sentence is added:
'For the purpose of this paragraph, the Romanian port of Constanta may be regarded as a place of exit';
4.. in Article 13 (4), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by proof that the tenderer has lodged a security of EUR 5 per tonne'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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