Article 7

The national authorities shall notify the Commission immediately after being informed of any quantity that is not used during the duration of validity of the import authorisation. Such quantities shall automatically be transferred into the unused quantities of the quantitative ceiling as soon as possible.

National authorities shall notify the Commission of any cancellation of import authorisation or any equivalent documents already issued, in case where the corresponding contract has been terminated by either the exporter or the importer. However, if the Commission or the national authorities have been informed by the importer of the termination of the contract after some quantities of the product concerned agreed in the contract have been imported into the Community, the quantities in question shall be counted against the quantitative ceiling for the year in which the declaration or request for the import authorisation was submitted to the national authorities.