Uanset artikel 2, stk. 1, meddeler en medlemsstat, der anvender regionalt differentierede satser for frivillig graduering som fastsat i stk. 1, senest to måneder efter denne forordnings ikrafttræden Kommissionen følgende oplysninger for perioden 2007-2012, så Kommissionen kan gennemgå dem:
By derogation from Article 2(1), any Member State applying regionally differentiated rates of voluntary modulation as provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall submit to the Commission, within two months of the entry into force of this Regulation, for the period 2007 to 2012, the following information subject to examination by the Commission: