
Article 1 
For the purposes of Regulation (EC, Euratom) 1287/2003 the term ‘economic territory’ shall have the meaning attributed to it in paragraphs 2.05 and 2.06 of Annex A to Regulation (EC) 2223/96, the term ‘geographic territory’ as used in those paragraphs being understood to comprise the Member States’ territories as listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 24 January 2005.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Member States’ territory:

— the territory of the Kingdom of Belgium,
— the territory of the Czech Republic,
— the territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, except for the Faroe Islands and Greenland,
— the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany,
— the territory of the Republic of Estonia,
— the territory of the Hellenic Republic,
— the territory of the Kingdom of Spain,
— the territory of the French Republic, with the exception of the overseas countries and territories over which it exercises sovereignty, as defined in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
— the territory of Ireland,
— the territory of the Italian Republic,
— the territory of the Republic of Cyprus,
— the territory of the Republic of Latvia,
— the territory of the Republic of Lithuania,
— the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
— the territory of the Republic of Hungary,
— the territory of the Republic of Malta,
— the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the exception of the overseas countries and territories over which it exercises sovereignty, as defined in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
— the territory of the Republic of Austria,
— the territory of the Republic of Poland,
— the territory of the Portuguese Republic,
— the territory of the Republic of Slovenia,
— the territory of the Slovak Republic,
— the territory of the Republic of Finland,
— the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden,
— the territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
