Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, at the request of their holders, the period of validity of the following import licences shall be extended to 31 December 2006:

1. (a)

   import licences for semi-milled and wholly milled rice bearing in Section 8 ‘United States of America’ as the country of origin and issued for the July 2006 tranche of quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127 and 09.4166, in accordance with Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 327/98, for the following CN codes:

   • CN 1006 30 25,

   • CN 1006 30 27,

   • CN 1006 30 46,

   • CN 1006 30 48,

   • CN 1006 30 65,

   • CN 1006 30 67,

   • CN 1006 30 96,

   • CN 1006 30 98;

2. (b)

   import licences for husked rice bearing in Section 8 ‘United States of America’ as the country of origin and issued for the July 2006 tranche of the quota bearing serial number 09.4148, in accordance with Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 327/98, for the following CN codes:

   • CN 1006 20 15,

   • CN 1006 20 17,

   • CN 1006 20 96,

   • CN 1006 20 98.