Article 3U.K.Transitional measures

At the request of the interested parties, the securities lodged for the issuing of import licences for seeds of durum wheat including products imported under tariff quotas as referred to in Article 1(2)(a)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, of barley and of grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing, of import licences for manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets for sago pith and for sweet potatoes for human consumption and of export licences for seeds of durum wheat, of rye, of barley and of oats, shall be released when the following conditions are met:

(a)

the validity of the licences has not expired on the date of entry into force of this Regulation;

(b)

the licences have been used only partially or not at all on the date of entry into force of this Regulation.