Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006Show full title

Article 4 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 1:

‘3. Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000, 1342/2003 and 1301/2006(1) shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.’

2.

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1. The quota shall be divided into two six-monthly subperiods, covering the following dates and quantities:

(a) subperiod No 1: 1 January to 30 June — 121 037 tonnes;

(b) subperiod No 2: 1 July to 31 December — 121 037 tonnes.

2. Where the quantities for subperiod 1 are exhausted, the Commission may bring forward the opening of the following subperiod in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003.’

3.

Article 3 is deleted.

4.

Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

1. Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants may not submit more than one licence application per week. Where applicants lodge more than one application, none of those applications shall be admissible and the securities lodged when the applications were submitted shall be forfeited to the Member State concerned.

Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States each week no later than Monday at 13.00 (Brussels time).

However, for 2007, the period for lodging the first applications shall begin only on the first working day of 2007 and shall end no later than 8 January 2007, and the first Monday on which import licence applications are to be sent to the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be Monday 8 January 2007.

2. Each licence application shall indicate a quantity in kilograms (whole numbers).

The import licence application and the import licence shall mention a single country of origin.

3. No later than 18.00 (Brussels time) on the final day for the lodging of licence applications, the competent authorities shall send the Commission, by electronic means, a notification showing each application with the origin of the product and the quantity applied for, including “nil” notifications.

4. Licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the notification referred to in paragraph 3.’

5.

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

In accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the period of validity of the licence shall be calculated from the actual day of issue.’

6.

Article 6 is deleted.

7.

Article 7 is deleted.

8.

Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

Section 8 of the import licence application and the import licence shall contain the name of the country of origin and “Yes” shall be marked with a cross. Licences shall be valid only for products originating in the country indicated in section 8.’

9.

The second sentence of Article 10 is deleted.

10.

Article 11 is deleted.

11.

Annexes I and II are deleted.

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OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.’