Article 9
United Kingdom
Licence applications may be lodged solely in the Member State where the applicant has applied and obtained import rights under the quota.
Each issuing of import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged in accordance with Article 6(3) shall be released proportionally without delay.
Import licences shall be issued in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.
The licence application and the licence shall contain the following information:
in box 8, the country of origin;
in box 16, one of the eligible CN codes referred to in Article 1;
in box 20, the order number of the quota, at least one of the entries listed in Annex II and the name and address of the processing establishment.
Import licences shall be valid for 120 days from the actual date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.