Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the import licences referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation may be used to import rice falling within a CN code of which the first six digits correspond with the CN code entered on the licence concerned.

Notwithstanding Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the import licences referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation issued for quotas with the serial numbers 09.4148 and 09.4166 may be used for imports of rice originating in all non-member countries, without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article.