
Article 1 
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 shall be amended as follows:

1.. the heading ‘Budgetary Resources’ shall be replaced by the heading ‘Funding’;
2.. the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:
'The financial framework for the implementation of this Regulation for the period 2000 to 2006 shall be EUR 4 874,88 million.'
Article 2 
Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 shall be amended as follows:

1.. the heading ‘Duration of the third phase and budgetary resources’ shall be replaced by the heading ‘Duration of the third phase and funding’;
2.. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following:
'
1. LIFE shall be implemented in phases. The third phase shall start on 1 January 2000 and shall end on 31 December 2004. The financial framework for the implementation of the third phase for the period 2000 to 2004 is hereby set at EUR 649,9 million.
2. The funding allocated to the actions provided for in this Regulation shall be entered in the annual appropriations of the general budget of the European Union. The available annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.'
Article 3 
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 shall be amended as follows:

1.. the heading ‘Budget’ shall be replaced by the heading ‘Funding’;
2.. the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:
'The financial framework for the implementation of the Marco Polo Programme, for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2006, shall be EUR 100 million.'
Article 4 
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 13 
1. The financial framework for the implementation of the scheme for the period 2003 to 2006 shall be EUR 65 million, of which EUR 9 million can be used for fire prevention measures.
2. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the framework of the annual budgetary procedure and the limits of the financial perspective.'
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following the day of 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 Strasbourg, 21 April 2004.
For the European Parliament
The President
P. COX
For the Council
The President
D. ROCHE