Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply:

  1. (a)

    as regards the quantities laid down in column III of the new Annex IV, from 1 January 2004;

  2. (b)

    as regards the amounts of aid laid down in columns IV and V of the new Annex IV, to contracts concluded after its entry into force.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2004.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission