Article 1
1. In order to implement the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the Union and the Protocol on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down detailed rules on the method of allocating quota authorisations pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Protocol and laying down any other provisions necessary for the management, by the Union, of the quantities of the tariff-rate quotas allocated to exports to the Union. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 2(2). 2. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall maintain the legal effects of the transitional measures taken pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 498/2012.