
Article 1 
Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002, the period of validity of import licences issued for imports of common wheat of a quality other than high quality (CN code 1001 90 99) under subquota III (serial number 09.4125) referred to in Article 3 of that Regulation between 1 October 2006 and 16 November 2006, bearing in Section 8 ‘Ukraine’ as the country of origin, may be extended until 31 December 2006 at the request of licence holders. To this end, the authority which issued the licence concerned shall cancel the licence and replace it with a new licence valid until 31 December 2006 or shall extend the validity of the original licence until 31 December 2006.
Article 2 
Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002, the import licences referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation may be used for the import of common wheat originating in all third countries, with the exception of the United States and Canada.
Article 3 

1. Section 44 of customs declarations for imports carried out under import licences as referred to in Article 1 shall contain the following entry:'Import under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1688/2006'.
2. Member States shall send the Commission, electronically and by 15 February 2007, the following information:
(a) the quantities (tonnes) of products imported under import licences as referred to in Article 1;
(b) the numbers and the dates of issue of the licences under which those products were imported.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 15 November 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission