Article 1

At the request of the interested parties, the securities lodged for the issuing of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates, shall be released, under the following conditions:

1. (a)

   the exporting country or the receiving country indicated on the licences or advance-fixing certificates is Croatia. Where the indication exporting country or receiving country is not obligatory on the licence or advance-fixing certificate, the operator shall prove to the satisfaction of the competent authority that the exporting country or the receiving country is Croatia;

2. (b)

   the validity of the licences or advance-fixing certificates does not expire before 1 July 2013;

3. (c)

   the licences or advance-fixing certificates will have been used only partially or not at all by 1 July 2013.