diff --git a/src/main/php/eu/europa/cedefop/europass/xml2db.php b/src/main/php/eu/europa/cedefop/europass/xml2db.php
index 57bbe31..f0cb121 100644
--- a/src/main/php/eu/europa/cedefop/europass/xml2db.php
+++ b/src/main/php/eu/europa/cedefop/europass/xml2db.php
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@
     }
     if ($identification->getElementsByTagName("TelephoneList")) {
         $telephones = $identification->getElementsByTagName("TelephoneList");
-        if ($telephones->length < 1) {$telephone=NULL; $telephone2=NULL; $telephone3=NULL;}
+		
+        $telephone=NULL;
+	$telephone2=NULL;
+	$telephone3=NULL;
+		
         foreach ($telephones as $telephone) {
             $index = 0;
             foreach ($identification->getElementsByTagName("Telephone") as $telephoneNode) {
@@ -88,11 +92,9 @@
                 if ($index == 1 && $telephoneNode->getElementsByTagName("Contact")) {
                     $telephone2 = $telephoneNode->getElementsByTagName("Contact")->item(0)->nodeValue;
                 }
-                else {$telephone2 = NULL;}
                 if ($index == 2 && $telephoneNode->getElementsByTagName("Contact")) {
                     $telephone3 = $telephoneNode->getElementsByTagName("Contact")->item(0)->nodeValue;
                 }
-                else {$telephone3 = NULL;}
                 $index ++;
             }
         }
@@ -516,4 +518,4 @@
 echo '<center><img src="./images/cv_top_banner1.jpg" alt="Europass CV" /></center><br/><HR size="2"/><br/>';
 echo 'The XML data have been loaded in the database successfuly.<br/>';
 echo '<a href="index.html">Go Back</a>';
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>