CHAPTER IVTRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 26

By derogation from Article 17(3), the notification deadline for the financing plans for the measures for which assistance has been applied for under the buy-back programme for the 2002 harvest shall be put back from 31 March 2003 to 31 May 2003, and, consequently, by derogation from Article 17(4), the deadline of 31 May 2003 shall be put back to 30 June 2003.

F1By way of derogation from Article 17(3), the 31 March 2004 deadline for the notification of projected plans for the financing of measures for which assistance has been requested under the buy-back programme for the 2003 harvest shall be postponed to 31 May 2004 and, consequently, by way of derogation from Article 17(4), the 31 May 2004 deadline shall be postponed to 30 June 2004 .

Article 27

The amount of the premium to be paid to producers and the reimbursement to be made by the Member States to the processors, in accordance with Articles 18 and 20 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the premium scheme, production quotas and the specific aid to be granted to producer groups in the raw tobacco sector9 shall be reduced, at the time of payment, by the deduction referred to in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.

The amount thus reduced shall be declared by the Member States as expenditure under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund.

Article 28

Regulation (EC) No 1648/2000 is hereby repealed. However, its provisions shall continue to apply to projects approved before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 29

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.