L 127/112 Official Journal of the European Union 29.4.2004 COUNCIL DECISION of 26 April 2004 amending Decision 2002/668/Euratom to adapt the financial reference amount in order to take account of the enlargement of the European Union (2004/444/Euratom) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 7 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (*), Whereas: 1 In order to take account of the enlargement of the Euro- pean Union, the financial reference amount set out in Council Decision 2002/668/Euratom of 3 June 2002 concerning the sixth framework programme of the Euro- pean Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and training activities, also contributing to the creation of the European Research Area (2002 to 2006) (%) should be adapted. The financial reference amount of the framework programme should be increased and the additional appropriations should be distributed in a linear fashion between the activities of the framework programme; the principle of linearity should also be applied to the imple- mentation of all the activities of the framework programme in compliance with Article 4 of Decision 2002/668/Euratom, (") Opinion delivered on 9 March 2004 (not yet published in the Offi- cial Journal). () OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 34. HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article Decision 2002/668 [Euratom is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. The financial reference amount for the implementa- tion of the sixth framework programme for the period 2002 to 2006 shall be EUR 1 352 million. The proportion assigned to each of the activities is fixed in Annex II. 2. Annex I shall be replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision. Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 2004. For the Council The President J. WALSH