
Article 1 
Decision No 508/2000/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1, first paragraph, the date of 31 December 2004 is replaced by 31 December 2006;
2.. in Article 3, first paragraph, the amount of EUR 167 million is replaced by EUR 236,5 million.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
Done at Strasbourg, 31 March 2004.
For the European Parliament
The President
P. COX
For the Council
The President
D. ROCHE