
Article 1 
In Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 the following Chapter 1a is inserted:
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CHAPTER 1a
Article 5a 
Without prejudice to the first subparagraph of Article 6(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the conditions of Articles 32(6)(a) and 33(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are considered to be fulfilled if the amount to be recovered from the beneficiary in relation to an individual payment for an aid scheme, not including interests, does not exceed EUR 100.
Article 5b 
Without prejudice to any other enforcement action provided for in national law, Member States shall off-set any still outstanding debt of a beneficiary which has been established in accordance with national law against any future payment to be made by the paying agency responsible for the recovery of the debt to the same beneficiary.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 21 October 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission