Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:
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In Article 9, ‘1 June’ is replaced by ‘1 May’;
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In Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.Before 20 May each year, the Member States shall send their lists of approved importers, in accordance with paragraph 3 below, to the Commission, which shall forward them to the competent authorities of the other Member States.
Only importers included on a list shall be authorised to apply for licences from 1 June following, for imports during the period from 1 July to 30 June following, in accordance with Articles 11 to 14.’;
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In Article 14, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.Licence applications may be lodged only:
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from 20 to 30 November, for imports during the period from 1 January to 30 June following;
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from 1 to 10 June, for imports during the period from 1 July to 31 December following’;
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In Article 16, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3.By way of derogation from Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, import licences shall be valid only during the subperiod for which they are issued. Import licences shall contain in box 24 one of the entries listed in Annex XX.’;
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The Annex to this Regulation is inserted as Annex XX.