Article 3

Applications for import rights may be presented only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered for VAT purposes.

Applications for import rights must cover at least 50 animals and may not cover more than 5 % of the quantity available.

Where applications exceed the percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, the excess shall be disregarded.

Applications for import rights shall be lodged before 13:00, Brussels time, on 15 June preceding the annual quota period in question.

However, for the quota period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006, applications for import rights shall be lodged before 13:00, Brussels time, on the 10^th working day following the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Applicants may lodge no more than one application each for the quota referred to in Article 1. Where the same applicant lodges more than one application, all applications from that applicant shall be inadmissible.

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 I or in another form communicated by the Commission to the Member States.