Decision 2008/425/EC shall be amended as follows:

1. (1)

   the following Article 1a is inserted:

   ‘Article 1a

   From 1 January 2013, the applications provided for in Article 1 paragraphs (a) to (d) shall be submitted online by Member States using the corresponding standard electronic templates provided by the Commission.’;

2. (2)

   Annexes I to IV are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.