
Article 1 
The third subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 is replaced by the following:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, if the average interest rate borne by a Member State in the course of the third month following the reference period used for the establishment of the uniform interest rate by the Commission is more than twice the uniform interest rate, the Commission may, for the financial years 2007 and 2008, in financing the interest costs incurred by that Member State, cover the amount which corresponds to the interest rate borne by this Member State minus the uniform rate of interest.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to expenditure incurred from 1 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Luxembourg, 11 June 2007.
For the Council
The President
H. SEEHOFER