Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 996/97 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: 'Article 2 1. The import of the quantities of meat referred to in Article 1(3) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence. 2. Licence applications and licences themselves shall contain the following entries: (a) in Section 8, the country of origin; (b) in Section 20, at least one of the following: - Músculos del diafragma y delgados [Reglamento (CE) n° 996/97] - Mellemgulv (forordning (EF) nr. 996/97) - Saumfleisch (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 996/97) - ÄéÜöñáãìá [êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÊ) áñéè. 996/97] - Thin skirt (Regulation (EC) No 996/97) - Hampe [règlement (CE) n° 996/97] - Pezzi detti «hampes» [regolamento (CE) n. 996/97] - Omloop (Verordening (EG) nr. 996/97) - Diafragma [Regulamento (CE) nº 996/97] - Kuveliha (asetus (EY) N:o 996/97) - Mellangärde (förordning (EG) nr 996/97). 3. Import licences shall expire on 30 June following the date of issue.` 2. The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 3: '4. The original and copies thereof may be typed or hand-written. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals`. 3. In Article 5(3) the words 'referred to in Article 11(1)` are deleted. 4. Article 7(a) is replaced by the following: '(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who, when submitting their application, must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that they have traded in beef and veal with non-member countries at least once during the previous 12 months; they must be entered on a national VAT register.` 5. Article 7(c) and (d) is repealed.