1. The following shall be substituted for the text of Article 5(a) of Directive 73/239/EEC:
"(a) Unit of account means the European unit of account (EUA) as defined by Commission Decision 3289/75/ECSC [OJ No L 327, 19.12.1975, p. 4.]. Wherever this Directive refers to the unit of account, the conversion value in national currency to be adopted shall, as from 31 December of each year, be that of the last day of the preceding month of October for which EUA conversion values are available in all the Community currencies;".
2. The following note is added as a footnote to the page where Article 5 of Directive 73/239/EEC appears:
''(1) OJ No L 327, 19.12.1975, p. 4.".