
Article 1 
Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003, licences shall be delivered for 2005 on the dates set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This derogation shall apply provided that none of the special measures referred to in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 have been taken before the dates of issue in question.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 16 March 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Period for submission of licence applications Dates of issue
21 to 25 March 2005 31 March 2005
2 to 6 May 2005 12 May 2005
9 to 13 May 2005 19 May 2005
8 to 12 August 2005 18 August 2005
24 to 28 October 2005 4 November 2005
19 to 23 December 2005 29 December 2005