Article 3
Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2377/2002 is hereby amended as follows: (a) in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, ‘Monday’ is replaced by ‘Friday’; (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. No later than 18:00 (Brussels time) on the Monday following submission of the licence application, the competent authorities shall send the Commission, by electronic means, a notification showing each application with the quantity applied for, including “nil” notifications.;’ (c) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the deadline for the notification referred to in paragraph 3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, by electronic means, on the day of issue of the import licences, the information on the licences issued as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with the total quantities for which import licences have been issued.’