Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 27/2008 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   In Article 1 the following paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph:

   ‘For the purposes of this Regulation, “products covered by CN code ex 0714 10 98” means products other than pellets of flour and meal covered by CN code 0714 10 98.’

2. 2..

   Article 8 is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:

      ‘Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants may submit more than one licence application per quota period. However, applicants may submit only one licence application per week.’;

   2. (b)

      paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

      ‘2.

      For products originating in Indonesia or China, licence applications submitted in December may relate to imports to be carried out in the following year if they are submitted on the basis of an export licence issued by the Indonesian or Chinese authorities in respect of the year in question.

      3.

      After the end of the period for lodging applications laid down in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, and no later than 13:00 on the following Thursday, Member States shall send the Commission the following information:

      (a)

      the total quantities covered by licence applications, by origin and product code;

      (b)

      the number of the certificate of origin submitted and the total quantity entered in the original document or an extract thereof;

      (c)

      the reference numbers of the export certificates issued by the Indonesian or Chinese authorities and the corresponding quantities, and the name of the vessel.

      Nevertheless, for the applications referred to in paragraph 2, Member States shall provide this information with the communications for the first week of the following year.

      4.

      Import licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the end of the notification period referred to in paragraph 3.’