Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 2390/98 is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   In Article 1, the following paragraph is added:

   ‘Commission Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000^f1, (EC) No 1342/2003^f2 and EC (No) 1301/2006^f3 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.’

2. 2..

   Article 2(2) is replaced by the following:

   ‘2.

   Section 24 of additional import licences shall contain one of the entries shown in Annex I.’

3. 3..

   Article 4 is replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 4

   The following special provisions shall apply to the release for free circulation in the French overseas departments pursuant to Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11:

   1. (a)

      monitoring of these imports shall be carried out under the same conditions as those applicable to the import quotas, under serial number 09.4192;

   2. (b)

      licence applications shall be for a quantity not exceeding 500 tonnes per applicant;

   3. (c)

      section 8 of licence applications and import licences shall contain the name of the ACP State or the overseas country or territory in which the product originates. Licences shall entail an obligation to import from that country or territory;

   4. (d)

      section 24 of additional import licences shall contain one of the entries shown in Annex II.’

4. 4..

   Article 5 is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

      ‘2.

      No later than 13.00 (Brussels time) on the working day following the day on which the licence application is lodged, Member States shall send the Commission the total quantities covered by licence applications, by origin and product code.’

   2. (b)

      Paragraph 3 is deleted.

   3. (c)

      Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

      ‘4.

      Import licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the notification referred to in Article 5(2).’

   4. (d)

      Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

      ‘5.

      Licences shall be valid exclusively for release for free circulation in the French overseas departments from their actual day of issue pursuant to Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 to the end of the second month following, but only up to the end of the year of issue.’

5. 5..

   Annexes I and II, as shown in Annex III to this Regulation, are added.