
Article 1 
The second subparagraph of Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 is hereby replaced by the following:
'However, amendments to contracts for unprocessed dried figs intended for the production of fig pastes may be concluded no later than 31 May and may increase the quantities originally stipulated in the contracts by no more than 100 %.'
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.
It shall apply from the 2004/05 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission