For the quota period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 and as regards the tariff quotas corresponding to order numbers 09.4251, 09.4252, 09.4253, 09.4254, 09.4255, 09.4256, 09.4257, 09.4258, 09.4259, 09.4260, 09.4261, 09.4262, 09.4263, 09.4264 and 09.4265, referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 as amended by Article 1 of this Regulation, the following derogations shall apply:
the quota period is opened from 1 March to 30 June 2013 and the annual quantity is reduced by 67 %;
the subperiods set out in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 shall not apply;
applications for import licences and import rights as referred to in Article 5(1) of that Regulation may be submitted only in the first seven days of January 2013;
the import licences for all Groups except those for Groups Nos 5A and 5B shall be valid from 1 March 2013 until 30 June 2013.