17.7.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 245/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1319/2004 of 16 July 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed-milk powder THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Pursuant to Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 skimmed-milk powder bought in by the intervention agency is to be disposed of at a minimum price and under conditions to be determined so as to avoid disturbing the balance on the market and to ensure purchasers equal treatment and access to the skimmed- milk powder to be sold. (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 (?) laid down intervention measures for the disposal of skimmed-milk powder, including its sale at a fixed price. (3)  To ensure the proper management of intervention stocks, the skimmed-milk powder must be resold as soon as outlets become available. To this end, the system of sale of skimmed-milk powder from intervention stocks at a fixed price should be replaced by a system of sale by invitation to tender which allows the selling price to be fixed in accordance with market conditions. (4)  Experience has shown that the Member States must notify the Commission more rapidly if it is to be in a position to follow the evolution in the quantities of skimmed-milk powder offered for public intervention and, where appropriate, to suspend intervention buying-in once the quantities offered reach the level fixed by Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. (5)  Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 should therefore be amended. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (O] L 29, 3.2.2004, p- 6). (®» OJ L 37, 7.2.2001, p. 100. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2131/2003 (O] L 320, 5.12.2003, p. 3). (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 2142001 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1(c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage in a standing invitation to tender;’ 2. Chapter II is amended as follows: (a) Section 5 is replaced by the following: ‘SECTION 5 SALE BY INVITATION TO TENDER OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FROM PUBLIC STORAGE Article 21 1.  Skimmed-milk powder which entered storage before 1 July 2002 shall be sold by means of a standing invitation to tender organised by each inter- vention agency. 2. Intervention agencies shall issue a notice of standing invitation to tender, indicating in particular the closing date and place for the submission of tenders. They shall also indicate, for the skimmed-milk powder they hold: (@) the locations of the warehouses where the powder to be sold is in store; (b) the quantity held for sale in each warehouse. A standing invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at least eight days before the first closing date for the submission of tenders.