
Article 1 
In Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 the following subparagraph is added:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for rural development programmes modified in accordance with Article 70[(4c)] of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the Union contribution shall, during the period in which the derogation referred to in Article 70[(4c)] of that Regulation applies, be calculated on the basis of the financing plan in force on the last day of the reference period. For the last reference period when the derogation referred to in Article 70[(4c)] of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 applies, the declaration of expenditure referred to in Article 16 shall indicate separately the expenditure incurred before and after the derogation ceased to apply. The Union contribution to be paid in respect of these sub reference periods shall be calculated on the basis of the financing plan in force during each sub reference period'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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, 20 December 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO