Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   in Article 1 paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   A permanent tender is opened in order to determine the export refund on skimmed milk powder referred to in Section 9 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87^f1 in bags of at least 25 kilograms net weight and containing no more than 0,5 % by weight of added non-lactic matter falling under product code ex 0402 10 19 9000, intended for export to all destinations except the following countries and territories:

   (a)

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

   (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.’