
Article 1 
Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 is amended as follows:

1.. The first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'Subject to the second subparagraph, refund certificates shall be valid until the last day of the fifth month following the month in which the application for the certificate was made, or, until the last day of the budget period, whichever is the earlier.'
2.. The second subparagraph is deleted.
Article 2 
The validity period set in Regulation (EC) No 585/2009 shall apply to the 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.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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