
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:
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1. This Regulation lays down specific measures on agriculture to remedy the difficulties caused by the remote and insular nature of the smaller Aegean islands, hereafter referred to as the “smaller islands”.';
2.. Article 3(1) shall be replaced by the following:
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1. Specific supply arrangements are hereby introduced for the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty (“the agricultural products”), which are essential in the smaller islands for human consumption, for the manufacture of other products or as agricultural inputs.';
3.. Article 6 shall be deleted;
4.. Article 7(1) shall be replaced by the following:
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1. The support programme shall contain the measures needed to ensure continuity and development of local lines of agricultural production in the smaller islands within the scope of Title II of Part Three of the Treaty.';
5.. Article 9(e) shall be replaced by the following:
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((e)) the steps taken to ensure the support programme is implemented effectively and appropriately, including the arrangements for publicity, monitoring and evaluation;'.
Article 2 
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 the following entry shall be inserted after POSEI:

‘Aegean Islands Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 Direct payments within the meaning of Article 2 of this Regulation, under measures established in the programmes

Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
However, Article 2 shall apply with effect from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Luxembourg, 23 June 2008.
For the Council
The President
I. JARC