
Article 1 
Decision 2000/439/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1(2), the first sentence shall be replaced by the following:
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2. The financial reference for the implementation of the measures for which financial assistance is provided for the period 2001 to 2006 shall be EUR 164,5 million.';
2.. in Article 4(3)(b), the words ‘for the following year’ shall be deleted.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 6 October 2005.
For the Council
The President
A. DARLING