
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1216/2003 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 4 is replaced by the following:
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Article 4 

1. As regards Member States other than those referred to in paragraph 2, labour cost index data for NACE Rev. 1 sections L, M, N and O shall be produced and transmitted for the first quarter of 2007 and thereafter for each quarter.
2. As regards the following Member States, the data shall be produced and transmitted for the first quarter of 2009 and thereafter for each quarter: Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Poland and Sweden.
3. By way of exception to paragraphs 1 and 2, seasonally and working-day adjusted series as referred to in Article 1(2)(c) shall be produced and transmitted as soon as series covering four years of data are available';
2.. Annex III is deleted;
3.. Item 6 in Annex IV is replaced by the following:
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6.. The first index reference year shall be the year 2000, when the annual labour cost index equals 100. If indices for NACE sections L, M, N and O are not available for the year 2000, the first available indices shall be set at a level close to the annual average of NACE sections C to K.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 1 March 2007.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission