3) In Recital 14 and in Article 1, the reference made to "Article 155 (1), third indent, of the Treaty" should be adapted so as to read as a reference made to "Article 155 (1), first subparagraph, third indent, of the Treaty".

Apart from the 'horizontal' distinction between the so-called 'third' and 'fourth' ages (elderly and very elderly), a 'vertical' distinction is clearly needed between people who are in good health and self-sufficient and those who are not.

Directive 95/26/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council (only Article 1, second indent, Article 2(1), third indent, Article 4(1), (3), (5) and Article 5, third indent, as regards the references made to Directive 92/96/EEC).

Eleven amendments can be accepted in part: No 6 (second part, in principle), No 11 (second part, except the terms in brackets), No 13 (the text will have to be shortened and simplified), No 17 (second and third parts, in principle), No 26 (except the term ‘consumables’), No 35 (first paragraph, second paragraph in principle, fourth paragraph, seventh paragraph in principle, eighth paragraph, ninth paragraph in principle), No 37 (except paragraph 5), No 46 (second and third parts, in principle), No 70 (except the part referring to printed circuit boards; the entry on capacitors can be accepted in principle) Nos 71 and 80 (the reference to Regulation 2037/ ...[+++]2000 can be accepted).

on the proposal for amending the financial reference amount – within the meaning of the interinstitutional agreement of 6 May 1999, Article 34(3) - of the sixth framework programme of the european atomic energy community (euratom), in order to take account of enlargement

By letter of 14 January 2004 the Council consulted Parliament, pursuant to Article 7 of the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty, on the proposal for amending the financial reference amount – within the meaning of the interinstitutional agreement of 6 May 1999, Article 34(3) - of the sixth framework programme of the european atomic energy community (euratom), in order to take account of enlargement (COM(2003) 778 – 2003/0298(CNS)).