Commission Regulation (EC) No 604/2004 of 29 March 2004 on the communication of information on tobacco from the 2000 harvest onwards
Date: 2004-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, harvest, tobacco

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 604/2004

of 29 March 2004

on the communication of information on tobacco from the 2000 harvest onwards

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw
tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2319/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 21 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999 of 14
December 1999 on the communication of information
on tobacco from the 2000 harvest onwards and
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1771/93 (3) has been
substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of
clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be
codified.

The information to be communicated under Regulation
(EEC) No 2075/92 and the regulations adopted for its
application should be laid down.

In the interests of efficient administration, this informa-
tion should be grouped and a timetable established for
its submission.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 1

The Member States shall communicate the information set out
in Annexes I, II and III in accordance with the time limits given
therein.

The information shall be provided for each harvest and for
each group of varieties.

Article 2

The Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure
that the economic operators concerned provide them with the
information required within the relevant time limits.

Article 3

Information on stocks held by first processing enterprises shall
be communicated in accordance with Annex III.

Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999 is repealed.

Article 4

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex V.

Article 5

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Tobacco,

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of 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, 29 March 2004.

For the Commission

The President

Romano PRODI

(1) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70.
(2) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 323, 15.12.1999, p. 4.
(4) See Annex IV.

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

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ANNEX IV

Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999

(OJ L 323, 15.12.1999, p. 4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1639/2000

(OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 39)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2001

(OJ L 57, 27.2.2001, p. 16).

ANNEX V

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999

This Regulation

Articles 1, 2 and 3

Articles 1, 2 and 3

Article 4

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Article 5

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Article 4

Article 5

Annexes I, II and III

Annexes I, II and III

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Annex IV

Annex V