
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 2 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. The quota shall be opened from 1 January each year.';
((b)) paragraph 3 is deleted.
((2)) Article 3 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants may lodge one import licence application each week, either on Monday or Tuesday.';
((b)) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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4. The import licence shall be valid from the actual day of its issue, in accordance with Article 22(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, until the last day of the import tariff quota period.The amount of the security shall be EUR 20 per 100 kg net.'.
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 for the quota periods starting from 1 January 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 November 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER