Article 47

Approval as provided for in Article 7 shall not be required for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2002.

For that period, licence applications for the quotas covered by Chapter I of Title 2 may be lodged only in the Member State where the applicant is established, and shall be accepted only if the proof required under Article 8(1)(a) is presented, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, when the application is lodged.

The restrictions provided for in Article 16(4) shall not apply to transfers of import licences as referred to in Chapter I of Title 2 issued during the period from 1 January to 30 June 2002.

For the periods from 1 January to 30 June 2002 and from 1 July to 31 December 2002, the reference year referred to in Article 8(1)(a) shall be 2001, or 2000 if the importer concerned can prove that it was not able to import or export the required quantities of milk products during 2001 as a result of exceptional circumstances.