Article 4 F1

For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 as regards groups other than F2Groups Nos 5A and 5B , import licence applicants shall, when presenting their first application as regards a given quota period, furnish proof that they imported, during each of the two periods referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) 1301/2006, at least 50 tonnes of products covered by Annex I Part XX to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 ^f1 or preparation of CN code 0210 99 39 .

For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 as regards Groups Nos 5A and 5B , import rights applicants shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, furnish proof that they imported a quantity of at least 250 tonnes of products covered by Annex I Part XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or preparations of CN code 0210 99 39 during each of the two periods referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.

Licence applications shall mention only one of the order-numbers indicated in Annex I to this Regulation.

By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and from the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 1 of this Article, import licences applicants may, when presenting their first application as regards a given quota period furnish proof that they processed, during each of the two periods referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, at least 1 000 tonnes of poultrymeat of CN codes 0207 or 0210 to produce preparations of poultrymeat of CN code 1602 covered by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or homogenised preparations of CN code 1602 10 00 containing no other meat than poultrymeat.

For the purposes of this paragraph, a ‘ processor ’ shall be any person entered on the national VAT register of the Member State in which he is established, who provides proof of processing activity, in the form of any commercial document, to the satisfaction of the Member State concerned.

A company formed by a merger of companies each having imported reference quantities may use those reference quantities as basis for its applications.

By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, as regards Groups Nos 3, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D and 8, each applicant may lodge more than one application for import licences for products in one group where such products originate in more than one country. Separate applications for each country of origin must be submitted simultaneously to the competent authority of a Member State. They shall be regarded as a single application, for the purposes of the maximum quantity referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article.

Each application for an import licence or import right must respect the requirement for a minimum quantity in tonnes as well the requirement for a maximum percentage of the quantity available for the quota period or subperiod concerned. These requirements for each separate quota are laid down in Annex I.

Except for Groups Nos 3, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D and 8, licences carry an obligation to import from the country that is specified. For the groups concerned by this obligation, the country of origin shall be entered in box 8 of the application and of the licence itself, and the word ‘ yes ’ shall be marked with a cross.

Box 20 of the licence application and the licence shall contain one of the entries given in Annex II, Part A.

Box 24 of the licences shall contain one of the entries listed in Annex II, Part B.

For Groups Nos 3 and 6A, and for 6B quota with order number 09.4262, box 24 of the licence shall contain one of the entries given in Annex II, Part C.

For Group No 8 and for 6B quota with order number 09.4261, box 24 of the licence shall contain one of the entries given in Annex II, Part D.

For Group 6B quotas with order numbers 09.4263, 09.4264 and 09.4265, box 24 of the licence shall contain one of the entries given in Annex II, Part E.