CHAPTER III

AMENDMENTS, REPEAL, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Amendment of Regulations (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008
Article 11
1
The following provisions are deleted:
a
in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, Articles 20, 21 and 22;
b
in Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, Articles 6(1)(a), 8(2), 9(1) and (2), 12(a) and 16;
c
in Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003, Articles 5 and 7;
d
in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, Articles 4c, 4d, 4e, 5(1), 7 to 7f, 8a, 9, 10, 11(1)(a) and (2), 12a, 17(1) and 18(1);
e
in Regulation (EC) No 341/2007, Article 5(1), the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) and Articles 13 and 14;
f
in Regulation (EC) No 382/2008, Articles 2, 5(1) and (2), 6(1) and (2), 7 and 8(1) and (2);
2
The provisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall continue to apply for licences issued under the relevant Regulations.

Repeal
Article 12
Regulations (EC) No 2390/98, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 376/2008 and (EC) No 507/2008 are repealed.
However,
- those Regulations shall continue to apply for licences issued under those Regulations, and
- Article 34(10) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 shall continue to apply until the relevant rules in respect of tariff quotas adopted on the basis of Articles 186 and 187 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 have become applicable.

Transitional provisions
Article 13
1
This Regulation does not affect the applicable period of validity and the amount of the security lodged for licences which have not expired on 6 November 2016.
2
At the request of the titular holder, the security lodged for a licence shall be released when all of the following conditions are met:
a
the validity of the licence has not expired on the date referred to in paragraph 1;
b
the licence is no longer required for the products concerned from the date referred to in paragraph 1;
c
the licence has been used only partially or not at all on the date referred to in paragraph 1.

Entry into force and application
Article 14
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 from 6 November 2016.
However, Article 11(1)(d) shall apply from 1 October 2017.