
Article 1 
In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 996/97, the following paragraph 3 is added:
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3. By way of derogation from Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, import licences shall be valid until the end of the import tariff quota period.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to import licences issued as from the quota period starting on 1 July 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 August 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission