
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1182/2008 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 
This Regulation provides for private storage aid for salted and unsalted butter as referred to in Article 28(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for butter that entered into contractual storage by 28 February 2010.';
2.. in Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
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2. Entry into contractual storage shall take place:
(a) between 1 January and 15 August 2009; or
(b) between 16 August 2009 and 28 February 2010.
3. Removal from storage may take place only as:
(a) from 16 August 2009 for the products entered into contractual storage in the period referred in paragraph 2(a);
(b) from 16 August 2010 for the products entered into contractual storage in the period referred in paragraph 2(b).
4. Contractual storage shall end:
(a) on the day preceding that of the removal from storage or at the latest the last day of February following the year of entry into storage for the products entered into contractual storage in the period referred in paragraph 2(a);
(b) on the day preceding that of the removal from storage for the products entered into contractual storage in the period referred in paragraph 2(b).
5. Aid may be granted only where the contractual storage period is:
(a) between 90 and 227 days for the products stored in the period referred in paragraph 2(a);
(b) maximum 365 days for the products stored in the period referred in paragraph 2(b).';
3.. in Article 6, the following paragraphs are added:
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3. By way of derogation from Article 31(2) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008, the advance payment for the butter entered into contractual storage during the period referred to in Article 4(2)(b) of the present Regulation shall not exceed the amount of aid corresponding to a storage period of 168 days.
4. By way of derogation from Article 36(6) of Regulation (EC) No 826/2008, at the end of the contractual storage period, the authority responsible for checking shall, throughout the whole of the removal period from August 2009 to February 2010, in respect of at least one half of the number of contracts, by sampling, verify weight and identification of the butter in storage.'
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, 3 August 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission