Article 2 Temporary restructuring scheme

This paragraph shall only apply if applications for restructuring aid, under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 968/2006, in respect of marketing year 2007/08 are submitted prior to 1 January 2007 in the Community as constituted on 31 December 2006. The date of the first such application shall be referred to as ‘the reference date’.

Where applications for restructuring aid under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 968/2006, in respect of marketing year 2007/08, are submitted in Bulgaria or Romania on or after 1 January 2007, the length of time between the reference date and 1 January 2007 shall not be counted for those applications in establishing the chronological order referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 968/2006.

With regard to the consultation conducted in the framework of the relevant agreements within the trade as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, Bulgaria and Romania may, for the marketing year 2007/08, take into account consultations conducted in the framework of agreements which took place before the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, even if they do not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 968/2006.