Taking into account the levels of direct payments for
farmers in the new Member States as a result of phasing-in, and in the framework of the application of the phasing-in mechanism to all direct payments granted in the new Member
States, this instrument of financial discipline should not apply in those Member
States until the level of direct payments applicable in those Member
States is at least equal to the level applicable in the Member
States other than the new Member
States ...[+++].