1.Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2010.
However it shall continue to apply to aid applications relating to the 2009 and previous premium years.
2.References made to Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 shall be constructed as being made to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex IX.
By way of derogation from Article 32(2) and Article 159(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 and in respect of the aid for energy crops according to Chapter 8 and voluntary set-aside scheme according to Chapter 16 of that Regulation, the processing of the raw materials harvested in 2009 shall take place by the date established by the Member State concerned which shall not be later than 31 July 2011.
For crops other than annual crops to be harvested after 2009, Chapters 8 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 shall cease to apply in respect of such harvest from 2010 and the securities lodged according to Articles 31(3) and 158(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 shall be released by a date to be established by the Member State concerned which shall not be later than 31 July 2010.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to aid applications relating to premium periods starting from 1 January 2010.