
Article 1 
Article 20a of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 is amended as follows:

1.. In paragraph 3, product code 0402 10 11 9000 is inserted before code 0402 10 19 9000;
2.. In paragraph 4, point (a) is replaced by the following:
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((a)) the first part, equal to 80 % or 17 920 t, shall be distributed among Community exporters who can prove that they have exported products as referred to in paragraph 3 to the Dominican Republic during at least three of the four calendar years prior to the period for submission of applications;'
3.. The following paragraph 18 is added:
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18. By way of derogation from Article 5(1), licence holders may on request obtain a change of the code in Section 16 of the export licence to another code referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, where the refund is identical.Such request shall be lodged before completion of the formalities referred to in Article 5 or 26 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.Within two working days after a product code change, the competent authorities of the Member State shall report to the Commission:
(a) the name and the address of the licence holder,
(b) the serial number of the licence or the licence extract and the date of issue,
(c) the initial product code,
(d) the final product code.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall only apply to export licences applied for in accordance with Article 20a of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as from 1 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 March 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission