
Article 1 
The following Article 3a is inserted in Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009 after Article 3:
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Article 3a 
The operative event for the exchange rate as regards the amounts set out in the Annex shall be 17 December 2009.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply as from 17 December 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 February 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO