Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 and as the 2006 financial year concerns, no conditions apply to the statement referred to in Article 16(1)(b) of that Regulation in the case of Member States for which the 2005/2006 wine year is the second year of application of the restructuring and conversion scheme. They may pay out, not later than 15 October 2006, the sum of the expenditure they reported to the Commission under Article 16(1)(a) and (b) of this Regulation.