
Article 1 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 60(4) is amended as follows:

((a)) in the first subparagraph, point (c) is deleted;
((b)) the second subparagraph is deleted;
((2)) in the first paragraph of point 1 of Annex IX, the fourth indent is replaced by the following:
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— specific costs of environmental actions referred to in Article 103c(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. In all cases costs related to the use and management of packaging shall not be eligible;'
Article 2 

1. Environmental actions related to management of packaging that are included in an operational programme approved before the date of entry into force of this Regulation may remain eligible for support until the end of the operational programme, provided that they comply with the rules applicable prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2. Where appropriate, Member States shall amend their national framework referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 103f(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in order to adapt it to the changes provided for in Article 1 of this Regulation.By way of derogation from Article 56(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, the amendments made to the national framework pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall not be subject to the procedure set out in the second subparagraph of Article 103f(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 16 August 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO