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:
(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 10063025,
—CN 10063027,
—CN 10063046,
—CN 10063048,
—CN 10063065,
—CN 10063067,
—CN 10063096,
—CN 10063098;
(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: