
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 is amended as follows:

1.. the second subparagraph of Article 3(2) is deleted;
2.. Article 4 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Import rights shall be awarded as from the seventh and no later than the 16th working day following the end of the period for the notifications referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(5).';
((b)) the following paragraph 3 is added:
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3. Where application of paragraph 2 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with Article 5(1) shall be released proportionally without delay.';
3.. in Article 6(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'Each issuing of import licences shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged in accordance with Article 5(1) shall be released proportionally without delay.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 12 December 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission