Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 is hereby amended as follows:
The following Article 4 shall be inserted:
A minimum price for potatoes intended for the manufacture of potato starch shall be set at EUR 178,31 per tonne from the 2004/2005 marketing year onwards.
This price applies to the quantity of potatoes, delivered to the factory, which is needed for making one tonne of starch.
The minimum price shall be adjusted according to the starch content of the potatoes.’
Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:
A premium of EUR 22,25 per tonne of starch produced shall be paid to undertakings producing potato starch for the quantity of potato starch up the quota limit referred to in Article 2(2), provided that they have paid to potato producers the minimum price, referred to in Article 4a, for all the potatoes necessary to produce starch up to that quota limit.’
Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:
The provisions of this Regulation shall not cover production of potato starch by undertakings which are not subject to Article 2(2) of this Regulation and which purchase potatoes for which producers do not benefit from the payment provided for in Article 93 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(1).’