
Article 1 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 3, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:
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7. The validity of a certificate of authenticity shall be three months from the date of its issue.';
((2)) in Annex II, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
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(1) For the purposes of these requirements, heifers and steers are “bovine animals”, as defined in point 1 of Part IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, which correspond, respectively, to categories E and C, as defined in Part A of Annex V to that Regulation.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to certificates of authenticity issued from 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, 15 March 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO