
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 1(1), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
'The outstanding amount of loans to be granted to Member States under this facility shall be limited to EUR 25 billion in principal.'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 2 December 2008.
For the Council
The President
C. LAGARDE