
Article 1 
Decision 1999/847/EC is hereby amended as follows:

((a)) Article 1(1) ‘31 December 2004’ shall be replaced by ‘31 December 2006;’
((b)) the first subparagraph of Article 2(3) shall be replaced by the following:
'The financial reference amount for the implementation of the programme shall be EUR 7,5 million for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2004 and EUR 4,0 million for the period 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2006'.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2004.
For the Council
The President
P. VAN GEEL