
Article 1 
In the case of export licences issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2543/95, the securities lodged shall be released, at the request of the parties concerned, provided that:

— their validity has not expired by 1 November 2005,
— they have been used only partially or not at all by that date.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 January 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission