Article 4
The specific aid which Member States are authorized to pay to producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat in less-favoured areas pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90, within the limits and at the rates provided for in Article 5 (7) and the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 5 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, or, should it be the case, the balance of this aid, in the event of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1138/96 being applied, shall be paid before 15 October 1997. The agricultural conversion rate applicable to the amount of this specific aid is that of the last day of the 1996 marketing year.