Article 4

The application for import rights under the quota may only be lodged by, or on behalf of processing establishments approved under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and which have been active in production of processed products containing beef at least once since 1 July 2005.

Subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union on 1 January 2007, processing establishments in those countries approved under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 to export to the Community and which have been active in production of processed products containing beef at least once since 1 July 2005 may apply for import rights in relation to the quantities available for the second sub-period of this quota as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii).

For each quantity referred to in Article 3(1) only one application for import rights which shall not exceed 10 % of each quantity available may be accepted in respect of each approved processing establishment.

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

A security of EUR 6 per 100 kg shall be lodged together with the application for import rights.

The evidence of compliance with the conditions laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1 shall be submitted together with the application for import rights.

The competent national authority shall decide what is acceptable documentary evidence of compliance with those conditions.

However, operators that provided that evidence together with their application for import rights in relation to the quantities available for the first sub-period of this quota as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i), are exempted from the obligation to provide such evidence in case of applications for import rights in relation to the quantities available for the second sub-period of this quota as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii).