
Article 1 
Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 is replaced by the following:
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5. Licence applications must be for a minimum of 100 tonnes and a maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the quota concerned in the period or subperiod in question. However, for Group Nos 2 and 3, the maximum quantity for licence applications shall be 5 % of the quantity available for the quota concerned in the period or subperiod in question.For Group Nos 3, 6 and 8, the minimum quantity for licence applications shall be reduced to 10 tonnes.'
Article 2 
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 is replaced by the following:
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2. A security of EUR 50 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of the licence application.However, for applications concerning Group Nos 1, 4 and 7, the security shall be set at EUR 10 per 100 kilograms.'
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 November 2008.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission