
Article 1 
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1613/2000 is replaced by the following text:
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Article 2 
The derogation provided for in Article 1 shall apply to products transported directly from Laos and imported into the Community up to the annual quantities listed in the Annex against each product during the period from 15 July 2000 until the date of application of an amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in respect of the definition of the concept of originating products used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised preferences, but in any event that derogation shall cease to apply on 31 December 2010.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 11 December 2008.
For the Commission
László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission