
Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 68(8) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Portugal may, by [the day after the day of publication in the OJ, Office of Publications please insert the date], review the decision taken pursuant to Article 69(1) of that Regulation and modify, with effect for the year 2012, the specific support under Article 68(1)(a)(i) and Article 68(1)(a)(v) of that Regulation.
Article 2 

1. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 50(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009, Portugal shall inform the Commission by [the fifth working day after the day of publication in the OJ, Office of Publications please insert the date] of the specific support measure they intend to apply under Article 68(1)(a)(v) pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation.
2. By way of derogation from Article 44(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009, the thresholds referred to in Article 27(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 shall not apply for the year 2012 in relation to support under Article 68(1)(a)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for the cattle breeds ‘Alentejana’ and ‘Mertolenga’, the sheep breeds ‘Serra de Estrela’ and ‘Churros’ and the goat breed ‘Serrana’.
Article 3 
By way of derogation from Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009, applications lodged in the calendar year 2012 for support under Article 68(1)(a)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of the breeds referred to in Article 2(2) may be considered as applications for support under Article 68(1)(a)(v) of the Regulation for the same calendar year.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 21 December 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO