# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004 of 14 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1922/2004, Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Applications for import rights may be presented only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered for VAT purposes.
2. Applications for import rights:
must cover at least 100 animals,
and
may not cover more than 5 % of the quantity available.
Where applications exceed this quantity, the excess shall be disregarded.
3. Applications for import rights shall be lodged before 13.00, Brussels time, on the 10th working day following the date of publication of the present Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
4. Applicants may lodge no more than one application in respect of the quota referred to in Article 1(1). Where the same applicant lodges more than one application, all applications from that applicant shall be inadmissible.
5. After verification of the documents presented, Member States shall forward to the Commission, by the 10th working day following the end of the period for the submission of applications at the latest, the list of applicants and their addresses as well as the quantities applied for.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ returns, shall be forwarded by fax or e-mail using the model form in Annex hereto in cases where applications have actually been submitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/2124/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2124/article-3
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