L 316/66 Official Journal of the European Union 15.10.2004 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1777/2004 of 14 October 2004 adapting Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (CE) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof, Whereas: A number of adjustments are required to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 (') by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the ‘new Member States). Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States shall inform the Commission before a certain date of their decision regarding the intro- duction of different regions or the modification of the existing regions within their territory. A deadline should be fixed for the notification of such information by the new Member States for the year 2004. Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States shall inform the Commission before a certain date of their decision to change the limit of 90 head of cattle per holding and per age bracket or to derogate from it. Before the same date, they shall inform the Commission of the minimum number of animals per holding below which the propor- tional reduction will not be applied. A deadline should be fixed for the notification of such information by the new Member States for the year 2004. () OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1473/2003 (O] L 211, 21.8.2003, p. 12). (4) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States shall notify the Commission before a certain date of their decision to apply the system referred to in Section 2 of Chapter I of that Regulation. A deadline should be fixed for such notifi- cation by the new Member States for the year 2004. The first paragraph of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Commission shall decide in which Member States the deseasonalisation premium may be granted for the following calendar year. The possibility that new Member States meet the conditions for applying Article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organi- sation of the market in beef and veal (3) should be taken into account. The second paragraph of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States shall inform the Commission before a certain date should they decide to apply Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999. A deadline should be fixed for the notification of such information by the new Member States for the year 2004. Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States shall inform the Commission before a certain date of their decision to change the maximum individual reference quantity referred to in Article 6(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 12541999 or to derogate from it. A deadline should be fixed for the notification of such information by the new Member States for the year 2004. Article 21(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides that the Member States shall notify the Commission of several information laid down in the framework of the suckler cow premium. Deadlines should be fixed for the notification of such information by the new Member States for the year 2004. (® OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EQ) No 1782/2003 (O] L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).