Article 21 First tranche of IP certificate issues — reduction coefficient

For the purposes of the first tranche of certificate issues, the quantities of the basic products published pursuant to Article 3 shall be covered to the extent of 60 %.

After the publication date referred to in Article 3 and not later than 14 October of each year, each operator may apply for one IP certificate per basic product.

By 21 October at the latest, Member States shall inform the Commission of the applications for each basic product, stating the quantity applied for and the company name of the corresponding operator.

Using the quantities referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the Commission shall, if necessary, set a reduction coefficient for each basic product.

The Commission shall publish the coefficient(s) in question in the Official Journal of the European Communities within five working days after the date given in paragraph 2.

If necessary, within five working days of the date given in paragraph 2, it shall inform the Member States concerned of the applications rejected because they were made in several Member States by the same operator and for the same basic product.

Within five working days of the end of the period specified in the third subparagraph of paragraph 3, the competent authority of the Member State in question may issue the certificates which have been applied for.

If a reduction coefficient has been set, the certificates issued for each application must include the quantity of the basic product requested multiplied by the reduction coefficient in question.

The issuing body shall indicate in sections 17 and 18 the quantity for which the certificate is issued.