
Article 1 
Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003, licences shall be delivered for 2006 on the dates set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This derogation shall apply provided that none of the special measures referred to in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 have been taken before the dates of issue in question.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 22 March 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Period for submission of licence applications Dates of issue
from 10 to 14 April 2006 20 April 2006
from 24 to 28 April 2006 4 May 2006
from 1 to 5 May 2006 11 May 2006
from 29 May to 2 June 2006 8 June 2006
from 7 to 11 August 2006 17 August 2006
from 23 to 27 October 2006 3 November 2006
from 18 to 22 December 2006 28 December 2006
from 25 to 29 December 2006 5 January 2007