Article 4

Licence applications may be lodged only in the first seven days of the month preceding each period referred to in Article 2.

Licence applications shall be admissible only if applicants declare in writing that they have not lodged and will not lodge, for the relevant period as referred to in Article 2, other applications for products falling under the same serial number in the Member State where the application is lodged or in another Member State. If applicants lodge more than one application for products coming under the same serial number, none of their applications shall be admissible.

Member States shall notify the Commission, on the third working day following the end of the period for lodging applications, of the applications lodged for each of the products falling under the serial numbers in question. Such notification shall include a list of the applicants and a summary of the quantities for each serial number.

Notifications shall be made by electronic mail or fax in accordance with the specimen in Annex IV if no applications have been lodged, or in accordance with the specimens in Annexes IV and V if applications have been lodged.