Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   in Article 4c of Chapter IIa the following paragraph 4 is added:

   ‘4.

   In case of export declarations concerning a maximum quantity of 25 tonnes of sugar, and when the conditions referred to in Article 24(2)(a) and (b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2009^f1 are met, Member States shall exempt exporters from furnishing the proof provided in paragraph 1 and 2(b) and (c) of this Article. The transport document or its electronic equivalent as referred to in Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 shall be presented in any event.’;

2. 2..

   Chapter III is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      the second subparagraph of Article 7c(1) is replaced by the following:

      ‘The quantities applied for shall be broken down by applicant and by eight-digit CN code without indicating the name of the applicant. The Member States shall also inform the Commission if no applications for export licences have been submitted.’;

   2. (b)

      the following Article 7f is inserted:

      ‘Use of export licences for out-of-quota sugar

      Article 7f

      Export licences issued for out-of-quota white sugar falling within CN code 1701 99 shall indicate CN codes 1701 99 10 and 1701 99 90 and shall be valid for any of them.’;

   3. (c)

      Article 8a is replaced by the following:

      ‘Validity of export licences for out-of-quota exports

      Article 8a

      By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 5 of this Regulation, export licences issued in respect of the quantitative limit fixed pursuant to Article 61, first paragraph, point (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be valid as follows:

      1. (a)

         licences issued between 1 October and 30 April of the marketing year concerned shall be valid as of their date of issue until 30 September of the marketing year in question;

      2. (b)

         licences issued between 1 May and 30 September of the marketing year concerned shall be valid as of their date of issue until the end of the fifth month thereafter.’;

3. 3..

   in Chapter V Article 12a is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

      ‘1.

      The applicant shall lodge a security of EUR 110 per tonne of out-of-quota sugar and EUR 42 per tonne of net dry matter in case of out-of-quota isoglucose.’;

   2. (b)

      paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

      ‘4.

      Where certain destinations are excluded from exports of out-of-quota sugar and/or isoglucose, the security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released once the requirements of paragraph 3 of this Article and the requirements of Article 4c of this Regulation are met.’