Article 9

Licence applications shall be submitted on forms printed and/or drawn up in accordance with Article 17 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008^f1. Where a flat-rate reduction is adopted by the Commission, applications shall be lodged on the first two working days of each week. Where the duty reduction is awarded under a tendering procedure, applications shall be lodged, for the awarded quantity, within two days of receipt of the notice of award showing the reduction proposed in the tender.

Section 24 of licence applications and licences shall contain one of the entries listed in Annex III.

Where a flat-rate reduction is applied, licence applications shall be taken into consideration only where evidence is provided that a security of EUR 20 per tonne has been lodged in favour of the competent body concerned.