
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 is amended as follows:

1.. in the fourth column ‘Quota volume (head of cattle)’ of the table in Article 1(1):

((a)) ‘5 000’ is replaced by ‘710’ for the serial number 09.0001;
((b)) ‘5 000’ is replaced by ‘711’ for the serial number 09.0003;
2.. in Article 2, the paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The two quota volumes referred to in Article 1(1) shall be divided into two parts of 500 head and 210 head respectively for the serial number 09.0001, and into two parts of 500 head and 211 head respectively for the serial number 09.0003.
(a) The first part of each quota volume shall be allocated among importers in the Community who can furnish proof of having imported animals under the quota for serial Nos 09.0001 and/or 09.0003 during the 36 months preceding the year of import in question.However, the Member States may accept as the reference quantity import rights for the preceding year of import which were not allocated because of an administrative error by the competent national body but to which the importer would have been entitled.
(b) The second part of each quota volume shall be allocated among importers who can furnish proof of having imported from third countries at least 75 live bovine animals falling within CN code 0102 during the 12 months preceding the year of import in question.';
3.. Article 9 is deleted.
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 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 May 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission