Council Decision of 7 December 2004 amending Decision 2000/746/EC authorising the French Republic to apply a measure derogating from Article 11 of the sixth Council Directive (77/388/EEC) on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (2004/856/EC)

Article 1 U.K.

Article 2 of Decision 2000/746/EC shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The authorisation granted under Article 1 shall expire on the date of entry into force of a directive rationalising the derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which counter avoidance of value added tax linked to the exemption for investment gold or on 31 December 2009, whichever is the earlier.’