(3)On 19 January 2005, by Council Decision 2005/334/ECnote, in accordance with Article 104(8), the Council decided, based on a recommendation from the Commission, that Greece had not taken effective action in response to the Council recommendation under Article 104(7). On 17 February 2005, by Council Decision 2005/441/ECnote, the Council decided, based on a recommendation from the Commission, to give notice to Greece in accordance with Article 104(9) to take measures for the deficit reduction judged necessary in order to remedy the situation of excessive deficit and extended the deadline for the correction by one year, to 2006.