
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 639/2003 is amended as follows:

1.. the first subparagraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Payment of export refunds for live bovine animals falling within CN code 0102 (hereinafter referred to as the animals), pursuant to Article 168 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, shall be subject to compliance, during the transport of the animals to the first place of unloading in the third country of final destination, with the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 and Articles 4 to 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and the Annexes mentioned therein, and with the provisions of this Regulation.';
2.. the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of Article 5 is replaced by the following:
'The total sum of the export refund per animal calculated in accordance with the second subparagraph shall not be paid for:
((a)) animals which have died during transport, except as provided in paragraph 2;
((b)) animals which have given birth or aborted during transport before their first unloading in the third country of final destination;
((c)) animals for which, in the light of the documents referred to in Article 4(2) and/or all other elements at its disposal concerning compliance with this Regulation, the competent authority considers that Articles 2 and 3 and Articles 4 to 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and the Annexes mentioned therein have not been complied with.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to export declarations accepted after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 12 June 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission