
Article 1 
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88, the second subparagraph is hereby replaced by the following:
'The butter referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 must have been taken into storage before 1 January 2003.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that 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, 8 November 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission