
Article 1 
For expenditure relating to the financial costs incurred by Member States in mobilising funds to buy in products chargeable to the 2009 accounting year of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), the interest rates provided for in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 in accordance with Article 4(1)(a) of that Regulation shall be:

((a)) 4,1 % in the case of the specific interest rate applicable in France, Ireland and the Czech Republic;
((b)) 4,3 % in the case of the specific interest rate applicable in Slovakia;
((c)) 4,4 % in the case of the specific interest rate applicable in the Netherlands and Sweden;
((d)) 4,5 % in the case of the specific interest rate applicable in Greece;
((e)) 5,0 % in the case of the uniform interest rate for the Community applicable to those Member States for which no specific interest rate has been fixed.
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 from 1 October 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 October 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission