
Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004, in respect of the application year 2009 in Greece, no reductions or exclusion shall apply on grounds of late digital identification of agricultural parcels, provided that such digital identification is included in the farmers’ single application by 31 January 2010 at the latest. However, for the farmers in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006, such digital identification shall be included in the farmers’ single application by 15 February 2010 at the latest.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 January 2009.
It shall expire on 16 February 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 January 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO