
Article 1 
The following is hereby added to the third subparagraph of Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2006:
'Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of this paragraph, in the case of rural development programmes approved by the Commission between 15 October and 12 December 2007, expenditure incurred in anticipation by the paying agencies up to and including 15 October 2007 shall be the subject of a special declaration of expenditure to be made by 12 December 2007.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 November 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission