
Article 1 
In Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2131/93, paragraph 2a is replaced by the following:
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2a Where Member States have no sea port, a decision may be taken, in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1, to derogate from paragraph 2 and, in the case of exports from a sea port, to finance the lowest transport costs between the place of storage and the actual place of exit, within the financial limits laid down in the tender notice.For the purpose of this paragraph the Romanian port of Constanţa and the Croatian ports of Rijeka and Split may be regarded as places of exit.'
Article 2 
In Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2131/93, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. The security provided for in the second indent of paragraph 2 shall be released where it covers quantities in respect of which:
— proof has been furnished that the goods have become unfit for human or animal consumption,
— proof has been furnished that the customs formalities for exports outside the customs territory of the Community and for imports into one of the third countries covered by the tender have been completed. Proof of export outside the customs territory of the Commmunity and of import into a third country shall respectively be those provided in accordance with the detailed rules laid down in Articles 7 and 16(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.
— the licence has not been issued in accordance with Article 49 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000,
— the contract has been cancelled in accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 16.'
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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, 18 May 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission