Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   in Article 1(1) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

   ‘The products referred to in the first subparagraph are intended for export for all destinations except the following countries and territories:

   1. (a)

      third countries: Andorra, the Holy See (Vatican City State), Liechtenstein and the United States of America;

   2. (b)

      territories of EU Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, the Faeroe Islands and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control.’;

2. 2..

   in Article 2 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

   ‘2.

   Each tendering period shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the second Tuesday of the month with the following exceptions:

   (a)

   in August it shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday;

   (b)

   in December it shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the first Tuesday.

   If Tuesday is a public holiday, the period shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the following working day.

   Each tendering period shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday of the month with the following exceptions:

   (a)

   in August it shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the fourth Tuesday;

   (b)

   in December it shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the second Tuesday.

   If Tuesday is a public holiday the period shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the previous working day.’