http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/595/chapter/ICommission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sectorCommission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector2021-02-17King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004R0595-20150330texttext/xmlen2015-03-30 CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Scope Article 1 This Regulation lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 as regards the division of national reference quantities between deliveries and direct sales, the calculation and payment of the levy, control measures and communications from the Member States. Division of national reference quantities between deliveries and direct sales Article 2 Each year, after the receipt of the communications referred to in Article 25, the Commission shall divide the national reference quantity laid down for each Member State in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 between deliveries and direct sales in accordance with Article 1(2) of that Regulation. The division shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Conversions Article 3 Conversions referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 may be temporary or definitive. Temporary conversions of individual reference quantities are conversions where, for a specific 12-month period, the producer requests to convert a quantity of milk from one reference quantity to the other. Definitive conversions are conversions where, for a 12-month period and for the subsequent 12-month periods, the producer requests to convert a quantity of milk from one reference quantity to the other. Information about new definitions of deliveries and direct sales Article 4 1 Member States shall inform the producers concerned of the new definitions of the terms ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ as introduced by Article 5(f) and (g) of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003. 2 A definitive conversion from one reference quantity to the other by reason of the definitions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be done on the request of the producer in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation No 1788/2003. Communication of individual reference quantities Article 5 Member States shall notify to the producers each new allocation or modification of their individual reference quantity by the means they consider the most appropriate, provided that it ensures that the producers have an effective knowledge of the reference quantity allocated. Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 258/2009 of 26 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector.