
Article 1 
The following subparagraph is added to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 867/2008:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph and for the first year of implementation of the work programmes approved for the 2012-15 period, Greece may pay the operators’ organisations concerned, before 30 September 2012, an initial instalment equal to half the amount referred to in paragraph 1.'.
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, 21 September 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO