
Article 1 
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 66(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007, Member States may, for those producer organisations that have submitted a request for modifying their operational programmes in conformity with the deadline provided for by Article 66(1) of that Regulation, take a decision on amendments to operational programmes implemented in 2009 by 15 October 2009 at the latest. Such decision shall only be adopted for duly justified reasons. The approval decision may stipulate that expenditure is eligible from 1 January 2009 onwards.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall expire on 15 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 September 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission