
Article 1 

1. The compensatory aid provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for fresh bananas falling within CN code ex 0803, excluding plantain bananas, produced and marketed in the Community in 2004 shall be EUR 28,1 per 100 kilograms.
2. The aid fixed in paragraph 1 shall be increased by EUR 7,82 per 100 kilograms for bananas produced in Martinique and by EUR 8,18 per 100 kilograms for bananas produced in Guadeloupe.
Article 2 
The advance for bananas marketed from January to December 2005 shall amount to EUR 19,67 per 100 kilograms. The relevant security shall be EUR 9,84 per 100 kilograms.
Article 3 
Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93, the competent authorities of the Member States shall pay the balance of the compensatory aid to be granted in respect of 2004 and the advance for bananas marketed during January and February 2005 within two months of the entry into force of this Regulation, after the verifications provided for in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 4 May 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission