Article 1 1. In the case of exports of products falling within CN codes 0401 to 0405 carried out under Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 for which the exporter is unable to provide the proof referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, the product shall be deemed to have been imported into a third country on presentation of a copy of the transport document and one of the documents listed in Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.
2. For the purposes of applying Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 Member States shall take into account the provisions laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to export declarations accepted from 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 March 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission