
Article 1 
Article 2(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 is hereby replaced by the following:
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1a. The deadline laid down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be postponed to 31 July 2005.'
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 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 July 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission