Article 7

Notwithstanding Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000^f1, export licences issued in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which the tender was submitted.

Export licences issued according to the tendering procedure laid down in Article 2 shall be valid from their date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1 of this Article, until the end of the fourth month following that of issue.

Notwithstanding Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, export licences issued according to the tendering procedure laid down in Article 2 of this Regulation shall be valid in Finland and Sweden only.