
Article 1 
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 39(2) and 23(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, for those certificates with a 10 month validity period, the period of validity of refund certificates applied for between 8 July and 7 November 2008, in compliance with point (a) of Article 33 or Article 38a of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, shall be extended until 30 September 2009.
Article 2 
At the written request of the titular holder, certificates or extracts thereof, with a 10 month validity period, applied for between 8 July and 7 November 2008, in compliance with point (a) of Article 33 or Article 38a of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, which have been returned to the issuing authority before the day of the entry into force of this Regulation in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, shall be reissued in respect of the unused amounts remaining on the refund certificates upon the lodgement of the related security to the issuing authority.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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, 6 July 2009.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President