30.10.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 295/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1931/2002 of 29 October 2002 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 (!), as last amended by Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 509/2002 (%), in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/ 2001 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1534/ 2002 (%, limited the quantity of skimmed-milk powder put up for sale by the Member States' intervention agen- cies to that taken into storage before 1 September 1997. (2)  Given the current market situation, which is charac- terised by low seasonal production, more skimmed-milk powder should be released to the market from public storage. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Milk and Milk Products Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 214/2001, the phrase ‘1 September 1997’ shall be replaced by ‘1 April 2002'. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 October 2002. 1 () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. () OJ L 79,2.3.2002, p. 15. () OJ L 37,7.2.2001, p. 100. ( OJ L 231, 29.8.2002, p. 35. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission