Regulation (EC) No 1613/2000 is amended as follows:

• in Article 2, ‘31 December 2004’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’;

• the following paragraph is added:

  ‘The continuing need for the derogation shall however be reviewed not later than 31 December 2005, in accordance with the new provisions to be adopted with regard to the generalised system of preferences and the rules of origin related thereto’.