Article 2
From the date on which this Decision is notified and until 31 December 2006, SNCM shall refrain from acquiring new ships and signing contracts for building, ordering or chartering new or renovated ships.
From the date on which this Decision is notified and until 31 December 2006, SNCM can only operate the 11 ships which SNCM already possesses, namely: the Napoléon Bonaparte, Danielle Casanova, Île de Beauté, Corse, Liamone, Asco , Méditerranée, Pascal Paoli, Paglia Orba, Monte Cinto and Monte d'Oro.
If for reasons beyond its control SNCM has to replace one of its ships before 31 December 2006, the Commission may authorise such a replacement on the basis of a duly reasoned notice served by France.
Substituted by Commission Decision of 8 September 2004 amending Decision 2004/166/EC on aid which France intends to grant for the restructuring of the Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) (notified under document number C(2004) 3359) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/36/EC).