
Article 1 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1225/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) Chapter VII is deleted;
((2)) Article 20 is replaced by the following:
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Article 20 
The competent authority of the Member State in which is situated the establishment or organisation to which the goods are consigned shall take a direct decision on applications under Article 19 in all cases.'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 31 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO