Commission Regulations (EC) No 2307/9813, (EC) No 2535/200114, (EC) No 1342/200315, (EC) No 2305/200316, (EC) No 969/200617, (EC) No 1301/200618, (EC) No 1918/200619, (EC) No 1964/200620, (EC) No 1979/200621, (EC) No 341/200722, (EC) No 533/200723, (EC) No 536/200724, (EC) No 539/200725, (EC) No 616/200726, (EC) No 964/200727, (EC) No 1384/200728, (EC) No 1385/200729, (EC) No 382/200830, (EC) No 412/200831, (EC) No 431/200832, (EC) No 748/200833, (EC) No 1067/200834, (EC) No 1296/200835, (EC) No 442/200936, (EC) No 610/200937, (EC) No 891/200938, (EC) No 1187/200939 and (EU) No 1255/201040 and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1273/201141, (EU) No 480/201242, (EU) No 1223/201243, (EU) No 82/201344, (EU) No 593/201345, (EU) 2015/207646, (EU) 2015/207747, (EU) 2015/207848, (EU) 2015/207949, (EU) 2015/208150 and (EU) 2017/158551 are repealed.

However, those Regulations and Implementing Regulations shall continue to apply to import and export licences that were issued on their basis until the expiry of those import and export licences.

In the first two tariff quota periods following the entry into force of this Regulation, the licence issuing authority may establish the reference quantity referred to in Article 9 in accordance with the relevant repealed Regulations listed in Article 25.

Where in one or both of the two tariff quota periods before the entry into application of this Regulation, a tariff quota that is subject to the reference quantity requirement referred to in Article 9 has not been fully used, operators may choose to establish their reference quantity either in accordance with Article 9(1) of this Regulation, or using the two last preceding 12-months periods where the tariff quota was fully used.