
Article 1 
The following paragraph 3 is hereby added to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003:
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3. The exchange rate applicable to the amounts in euro referred to in paragraph 2 shall be the rate most recently published by the European Central Bank prior to the first day of the period for which the aid in question is granted.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 10 February 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission