Article 3

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

Applications for import licences per each period referred to in Article 1(3):

Where applications exceed the quantity referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), the excess shall be disregarded.

Applications for import licences shall be submitted during the first 10 working days of each period referred in Article 1(3). However, application for the first period shall be submitted during the 10 working days following the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Applicants may lodge no more than one application each per period referred to in Article 1(3). 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 fifth 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 to this Regulation in cases where applications have actually been submitted.