Article 6

Each application for import rights for production of A-products or B-products shall be expressed in bone-in equivalence.

For the purpose of this paragraph 100 kilograms of bone-in beef equals 77 kilograms of boneless beef.

Applications for import rights for production of either A-products or B-products shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each subperiod, referred to in Article 1(2), and in any case no later than 13.00, Brussels time, of the relevant seventh day.

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

No later than 13.00, Brussels time, on the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall notify the Commission of the total quantities applied for under each of the two categories of products, expressed in kilograms bone-in equivalence, in respect of the subperiod concerned.