
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. In Article 1, the following subparagraph is added:
'The provisions of Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000 and 1301/2006 shall apply except where this Regulation provides otherwise.'
2.. Article 6 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Import licences for the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 1785/2003 are valid from their actual date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 until the expiry of the periods laid down in Annex 1 to this Regulation.However, for import tariff quotas opened in the cereals and rice sectors, managed under an import licence system, the import licences issued shall cease to be valid after the last day of the quota period in question, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.'
((b)) the following paragraph is added:
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3. For import tariff quotas opened in the cereals and rice sectors, managed under an import licence system, rights arising under the licences shall not be transferable, in derogation from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.'
3.. Article 16(2) is replaced by the following:
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2. As regards import licences other than those intended for the management of import tariff quotas and governed by Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission on a daily basis, solely via e-mail, on forms made available to them by the Commission and under the conditions laid down by the information system put in place by the latter, the total quantities covered by the licences, by origin and by product code, and for common wheat, by quality class. Communications relating to import licences for rice shall also indicate the origin.'
4.. In Annex I, the column ‘Validity period’ is amended as follows:

((a)) the wording ‘Until the end of the fourth month following issue of the licence’ is replaced by the wording ‘Until the end of the fourth month following the actual date of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000’;
((b)) the wording ‘Until the end of the second month following issue of the licence’ is replaced by the wording ‘Until the end of the second month following the actual date of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000’;
((c)) the wording ‘Until the end of the third month following issue of the licence’ is replaced by the wording ‘Until the end of the third month following the actual date of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000’.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission