
Article 1 
Article 55(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 shall be replaced by the following:
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5. Paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article shall apply only to operations which are co-financed by the ERDF or Cohesion Fund and the total cost of which exceeds EUR 1 000 000.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2006 to all operations receiving assistance from the Structural Funds or Cohesion Fund during the 2007-2013 programming period.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008.
For the Council
The President
M. BARNIER