Commission Regulation (EC) No 2112/2004 of 10 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 and Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003, for the 2004/2005 marketing year, and for the new Member States only, producer organisations wishing to participate in the aid scheme provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State in which their head office is situated no later than 120 days after they have been recognised or provisionally admitted under Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 , but in any case no later than 21 January 2005.

By way of derogation from Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003, for the 2004/05 marketing year, and for the new Member States only, short-term contracts that cover at least eight complete and consecutive months shall be concluded no later than 1 February 2005.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 10 September 2004.