
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 996/97 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. A Community import tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling within CN code 0206 29 91 is hereby opened every year for an annual volume of 1 500 tonnes for periods from 1 July to 30 June of the following year, hereinafter referred to as the “import tariff quota period”.The order number of the quota shall be 09.4020.'
((b)) the following paragraph 6 is added:
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6. For the import arrangements referred to in paragraph 3(a) of this Article, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 and Chapter III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.For the import arrangements referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article, the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 1445/95, (EC) No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.'
2.. Article 2 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is deleted;
((b)) in paragraph 2, point (a) is replaced by the following:
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((a)) in section 8, the country of origin and, for the import of the quantities referred to in Article 1(3)(a), the box “yes” shall be ticked;'.
((c)) paragraph 3 is deleted;
3.. in Article 5(2), the second subparagraph is deleted;
4.. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
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Article 7 
In order to qualify for the import arrangements referred to in Article 1(3)(b), the licence application lodged by the applicant may relate to a maximum of 80 tonnes.'
5.. Article 8 is replaced by the following:
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Article 8 

1. The licence applications referred to in Article 7 shall be lodged only during the first 10 days of each import tariff quota period.
2. No later than 16.00, Brussels time, on the seventh working day following the end of the period for the lodging of applications, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the total quantity per country of origin covered by applications.
3. Import licences shall be issued as from the seventh and no later than the 16th working day following the end of the period for the notifications referred to in paragraph 2.'
6.. Article 9 is deleted.
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 from 1 July 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 May 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission