Import licences issued in accordance with Article 7 shall be valid for a period of validity fixed by the Commission Regulations governing the import tariff quota concerned. In any case, import licences shall not be valid after the last day of the import tariff quota period. Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1182/71 shall not apply.
If the period of validity of an import licence ends on the last day of the import tariff quota period concerned, one of the endorsements listed in Annex II to this Regulation shall be entered in box 24 of the import licence when it is issued.
In the case referred to in the second paragraph of this Article, by way of derogation from Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the period of validity of the licence shall not, in any case, be extended after the last day of the import tariff quota period.