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Article 1

United Kingdom

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1.

For export licences issued in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 that were valid at least one of the days from 25 April 2008 to 7 May 2008:

(a)

by way of derogation from Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003, the period of validity shall be prolonged by 120 days;

(b)

pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, at the request of interested parties made no later than 30 November 2008, the export licences shall be cancelled and the securities released proportionally by the competent authorities of the Member States.

2.

The measure provided for in paragraph 1(b) shall only apply in cases where the exporter invokes rules imposed by a third country that are considered by the competent authorities of the Member State to constitute force majeure in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008. The exporter shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities, that he was unable to export owing to the introduction of health measures by the Russian authorities, and that a reasonably prudent trader could not have anticipated the introduction of these measures at the time of applying for the export licence.