Article 1
United Kingdom
By way of derogation from Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1464/95, Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 633/2004, Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005, Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 and Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006, the term of validity of export licences issued pursuant to those Regulations and applied for by 20 July 2006 shall, on application by the holder, be extended by:
three months for licences whose term of validity expires during the month of July;
two months for licences whose term of validity expires during the month of August;
one month for licences whose term of validity expires during the month of September.
By way of derogation from Article 32(1)(b)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 and from Article 7(1) and Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, the 60-day time-limit shall, on application by the exporter, be extended to 150 days for products for which the customs export formalities have been completed or which were placed under any of the arrangements referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80f1 by 20 July 2006 at the latest.
The increases of 10 % and 15 % referred to in Article 25(1) and in the second subparagraph of Article 35(1) respectively, and the 20 % reduction referred to in Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 shall not apply to exports carried out under licences and applied for by 20 July 2006 at the latest.
If entitlement to refund is lost due to the exceptional circumstances in Lebanon, the penalty provided for by Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 shall not apply.