Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:

1. 1.

   Article 2 is replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 2

   The products for which an import licence shall be presented are laid down in Article 1(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/200828. The period of validity of the import licence and the amount of the security to be lodged shall be as set out in Annex II, Part I, to that Regulation, without prejudice to Article 24(3) and (4) of this Regulation.

   Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/200629 shall apply, save as otherwise provided in this Regulation.’

2. 2.

   In Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 3 are deleted.

3. 3.

   In Article 24, the following paragraphs are added:

   ‘3.

   No application for a licence or certificate shall be accepted unless a security of 10 euros per 100 kilograms net of product has been lodged with the competent body not later than 1 p.m. on the day the application is lodged.

   4.

   Licences shall be valid from the actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 until the end of the third month following that day.’