The three-year delivery limit laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 is extended for three LNG tankers built by IZAR as follows:
(a) until 15 February 2004, for ship 321 built at Sestao shipyard;
(b) until 30 June 2004, for ship 103 built at Puerto Real shipyard, and
(c) until 31 December 2004, for ship 105 built at Puerto Real shipyard.
This decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 9 July 2003.
For the Commission
Mario Monti
Member of the Commission
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