Article 4

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 under the invitation to tender provided for in this Regulation shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of paragraph 1 until the end of the fourth month thereafter.