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

It shall apply to export licences applied for from that date.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 ( OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6 ).

( 2 ) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 810/2004 ( OJ L 149, 30.4.2004, p. 138 ).

( 3 ) OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 40 .

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1093/2004 of 10 June 2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences in the milk and milk products sector