Article 5

Import licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of the month preceding each subperiod.

A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms of product weight shall be lodged together with the import licence application.

The Member States shall notify the Commission, by the third working day following the end of the period for submission of applications, of the total quantities, in kilograms, applied for.

Import licences shall be issued not earlier that the seventh and not later than the 11th working day following the end of the period for notification provided for in paragraph 3.

The Commission shall determine, if necessary, the quantities not applied for which shall be automatically added to the quantity fixed for the next subperiod.