
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. the following paragraph is added to Article 10:
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4. Member States may opt to establish the list of selected varieties which are eligible for the special quality premium for durum wheat in respect of 2006 in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 2, not later than 1 October 2005 as regards winter varieties and not later than 31 December 2005 as regards spring varieties.';
2.. the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) is replaced by the following:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, and without prejudice to paragraph 4, Member States may allow the presence in an orchard of trees other than nut trees within a limit corresponding to 10 % of the minimum number of trees laid down in paragraph 3 or the number of nut trees actually planted per hectare of orchard, at the choice of the Member State. Moreover, Member States may allow the presence of chestnut trees if the number of trees laid down in paragraph 3 is respected as regards the eligible nut trees.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1(2) shall apply from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 May 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission