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Article 3

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

It shall apply to aid applications relating to years starting as of 1 January 2005.

However, Member States may decide not to apply Article 1 of this Regulation with regard to payments under the Single Payment Scheme established in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and to the aid schemes established in Chapters 1 to 7 of Title IV of that Regulation, to be made in respect of the year 2005.