
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 4 is amended as follows:

((a)) The title is replaced by the following:
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Article 4 
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((b)) The first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
'To cover part of the cost of investments linked to implementation of the measures in recognition plans described in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003, aid as provided for in Article 14(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 shall be granted:
((a)) directly, in capital or
((b)) indirectly, through credit institutions, in the form of special loans.'
2.. The first subparagraph of Article 8(2) is replaced by the following:
'The Community contribution towards aid as referred to in Article 4, expressed in terms of a capital grant or capital-grant equivalent, shall not exceed, as a percentage of eligible investment costs as referred to in Article 4:
— 50 % in Objective 1 and 2 regions as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999,
— 30 % in other regions.'
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 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission