Zaradi upoštevanja načela, da se operativni dogodek za devizni tečaj določi kot prvi dan obdobja, za katerega se dodeli določena pomoč, je treba operativni dogodek za leto 2004 za Češko republiko, Estonijo, Ciper, Latvijo, Litvo, Madžarsko, Malto, Poljsko, Slovenijo in Slovaško republiko, v nadaljnjem besedilu "nove države članice", določiti kot datum njihovega pristopa k Evropski uniji za namene programov podpor, za katere je operativni dogodek za devizni tečaj 1. januarja.
In order to take account of the principle that the operative event for the exchange rate is fixed as the first day of the period for which certain aid is granted, the operative event for 2004 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, hereinafter called "the new Member States", should be fixed as the date of their accession to the European Union for the purposes of the support schemes for which the operative event for the exchange rate falls on 1 January.