Article 1
1. In the Member States which have adopted the single currency, notwithstanding Article 7 of Directive 85/73/EEC, the amounts in euro provided for in that Directive shall be converted into national currency using the exchange rates fixed irrevocably in Regulation (EC) No 2866/98. 2. In the Member States which have not adopted the single currency, notwithstanding Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98, the amounts in euro provided for in Directive 85/73/EEC and applied during 1999 shall be converted into national currency using the rates published in the "C" series of the Official Journal of the first working day of September 1998.