
Article 1 
In Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 234/2004, paragraph 2 shall be deleted.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 19 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 11 December 2006.
For the Council
The President
E. TUOMIOJA