Article 4

The Commission shall, pursuant to Article 20(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, determine the allocation of licences without delay and shall notify the Member States thereof by 31 October 2005 at the latest.

Member States shall notify the Commission, within five working days after publication of the allocation coefficients of provisional licences, for each group and, where applicable, for each quota, the quantities by applicant, for which provisional licences have been allocated in accordance to Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999.

The notification shall be made by fax on the model form set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.