
Article 1 
In Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 382/2005, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, no aid applications for a marketing year may be submitted after 30 April following the end of the marketing year in question, except in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 19 March 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission