1.The financial framework for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2003 to 2006 is hereby set at EUR 351 million. The annual allocation shall be subject to the agreement of the budgetary authority on the appropriate means of financing under the Financial Perspective or through the use of the instruments provided for by the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999.
2.The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the Financial Perspective.