Period of validity of import and export licences
Article 13
1. Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of the Council ( 14 ) shall not apply to the determination of the period of validity of import and export licences for import and export tariff quotas. 2. Licences issued for import and export tariff quotas managed by the simultaneous examination method referred to in point (b) of Article 184(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, which are set out in Annex I, shall be valid: (a) from the first calendar day of the tariff quota period, in case of applications submitted prior to the tariff quota period, until the end of the tariff quota period; (b) from the first calendar day of the month following the submission of the application, in case of applications submitted during the tariff quota period, until the end of the tariff quota period; (c) from 1 January of the following year, in case of applications submitted between the 23 and 30 November of the preceding year, until the end of the tariff quota period. 3. Unless otherwise provided for in Title III or in Annex I, if the tariff quota period is divided into sub-periods, licences issued for a sub-period shall expire on the last calendar day of the month following the end of that sub-period but not later than the end of the tariff quota period. 4. Unless otherwise provided for in Title III, licences issued for import tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries shall be valid from their date of issue until 23.59 (Brussels time) of the 30th calendar day after the last day of validity of the IMA 1 certificates or CA for which they have been issued. That period of validity shall not exceed the end of the tariff quota period. 5. Licences for export tariff quotas managed by third countries shall be valid from their date of issue until 31 December of the year of their issue date, except for licences issued from 20 December to 31 December, which shall be valid from l January until 31 December of the following year. 6. If the period of validity of an import or export licence for tariff quota is extended due to force majeure as provided for in Article 16 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, the extension shall not exceed the tariff quota period.