
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) 2019/501 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 2, point (3)(d) is replaced by the following:
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((d)) the picking up and setting down of passengers in the border region of Ireland in the course of international regular and special regular services between Ireland and Northern Ireland, for a period of six months starting on the date of application of this Regulation as set out in the second paragraph of Article 12;';
((2)) in Article 4, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. The authorisations that remain valid under paragraph 2 of this Article may continue to be used for the purposes specified in paragraph 1 of this Article if they have been renewed under the same terms and conditions, or altered in terms of stops, fares or schedule, and subject to the rules and procedures set out in Articles 6 to 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 for a period of validity not extending beyond 31 July 2020.';
((3)) in Article 11, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(2) and 8(2) shall be conferred on the Commission until 31 July 2020.';
((4)) in Article 12, the fourth paragraph is replaced by the following:
'This Regulation shall cease to apply on 31 July 2020.'.
Article 2 
In Article 16(4), point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) 24 October 2020.'.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50(3) TEU.
However, this Regulation shall not apply if a withdrawal agreement concluded with the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 50(2) TEU has entered into force by the date following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Strasbourg, 24 October 2019.
For the European Parliament
The President
D. M. SASSOLI
For the Council
The President
T. TUPPURAINEN