Artikel 10 og 12 gælder for de nye medlemsstater først fra begyndelsen af det kalenderår, for hvilket niveauet for de direkte betalinger i de nye medlemsstater mindst svarer til niveauet for disse betalinger i Fællesskabet i dets sammensætning pr. 30. april 2004.
Articles 10 and 12 shall not apply to the new Member States until the beginning of the calendar year, in respect of which the level of direct payments applicable in the new Member States is at least equal to the then applicable level of such payments in the Community as constituted on 30 April 2004.