
Article 1 
Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 is replaced by the following:
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3. Taking account of the requirements of Article 10, the Commission shall de-commit any part of a commitment which has not been settled by the payment on account or for which it has not received an acceptable payment application by the following dates:
(a) for appropriations corresponding to the 2000 annual allocation: 31 December 2004;
(b) for appropriations corresponding to the annual allocation for 2001: 31 December 2005;
(c) for appropriations corresponding to the annual allocation for 2002: 31 December 2006;
(d) for appropriations corresponding to the annual allocation for 2003: 31 December 2006;
(e) for appropriations corresponding to the annual allocation for 2004: 31 December 2007;
(f) for appropriations corresponding to the annual allocation for 2005: 31 December 2008;
(g) for appropriations corresponding to the annual allocation for 2006: 31 December 2008.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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, 11 July 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission