Article 1

Articles 1 to 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission1 shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2005.

For the Commission

José Manuel Barroso

The President