
Article 1 
Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 is replaced by the following:
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6. With the exception of the tariff quotas at order No 09.1854, No 09.1871, No 09.1873 and order No 09.1899, the tariff quotas referred to in the Annex to this Regulation shall be opened each year for a 12-month period from 1 July to 30 June. These quotas shall be opened for the first time on 1 July 2000.The tariff quotas at order No 09.1871 and No 09.1873 shall be opened from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2004 and from 1 January to 31 December of each calendar year thereafter, for as long as the quota remains applicable.'
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 from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 March 2005.
For the Commission
László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission