
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 76/2002, as modified by Regulations (EC) No 1337/2002, (EC) No 2385/2002 and (EC) No 469/2005, is amended as follows:

1.. In Article 1, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following text:
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3. Imports whose net weight does not exceed 2 500 kilograms are excluded from the application of this Regulation.';
2.. In Article 6, the date ‘31 December 2006’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2009’.
Article 2 
As regards release for free circulation in Bulgaria and Romania as of 1 January 2007 of the steel products covered by this Regulation and shipped before 1 January 2007, a surveillance document is not required provided that the goods have been shipped before 1 January 2007. The presentation of the bill of lading or another transport document deemed to be equivalent by the Community authorities proving the shipment date is required.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
By derogation, Article 2 shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006.
For the Commission
Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission