
Article 1 

1. At the request of the interested parties, the securities related to import rights lodged in application of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 529/2007 and of Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 545/2007 shall be released, under the following conditions:
(a) the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quota referred to in:
((i)) Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 529/2007; or
((ii)) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 545/2007;
(b) the import rights have been used only partially or not at all by 1 July 2008.
2. The securities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released proportionally to the import rights which have not been used by 1 July 2008.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 August 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission