
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. in Article 4(1) the following subparagraph shall be inserted after the first subparagraph:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may opt to submit to the Commission, by 31 December 2009, a single draft modified restructuring programme for a duration of eight years.';
2.. in Article 5(2), the following subparagraph shall be added:
'However, if a Member State opts to submit a draft modified restructuring programme for a duration of eight years, as provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1), its annual budget as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be transferred to its national ceiling as determined in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in the financial year 2018 and shall be applicable to direct payments paid in that year. The Member State concerned shall submit a communication on the implementation of the restructuring programme and the achievement of its objectives before 1 January 2018.';
3.. in Article 7(2), point (a) shall be replaced by the following:
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((a)) the owners of the ginning facilities in respect of which aid under Chapter IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 was granted in the marketing year 2005/2006, for aid under the measures referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (d) of this Article;'.
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, 25 May 2009.
For the Council
The President
J. ŠEBESTA