
Article 1 

1. At the request of the interested parties, the securities related to import rights lodged in application of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2005 and of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1241/2005 shall be released, under the following conditions:
(a) the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quota:
((i)) referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2005, or
((ii)) referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1241/2005;
(b) the import rights have been used only partially or not at all by 1 January 2007.
2. The securities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released proportionally to the import rights which have not been used by 1 January 2007.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 July 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission