
Article 1 

1. Notwithstanding Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, for operational programmes for the year 2006 only, Member States may, for duly justified reasons, take a decision on operational programmes and funds not later than 10 February following the date of the application.
2. Notwithstanding Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, for operational programmes for the year 2006 only, Member States may, for duly justified reasons, take a decision on applications to amend operational programmes not later than 10 February following the date of the application.
3. Notwithstanding Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, for operational programmes for the year 2006 only, the implementation of operational programmes approved in accordance with the derogations provided for in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Article shall commence not later than 15 February following their approval.
4. Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, for operational programmes for the year 2006 only, the Member States, where they apply the derogations provided for in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Article, shall notify the producer organisations on 10 February at the latest of the approved amount of aid and shall communicate to the Commission not later than 15 February the total amount of aid approved for all operational programmes.
Article 2 
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, 7 February 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission