Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2402/96, applications for import licences for sweet potatoes under quotas 09.4014 and 09.4013 may no longer be lodged for 2007 after 18 December 2007.

Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2402/96, import licences for sweet potatoes applied for on the dates indicated in Annex I hereto, under quotas 09.4014 and 09.4013, shall be issued on the dates indicated in Annex I, subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006^f1.