Article 4

For the purposes of application of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants for import rights shall demonstrate that a quantity of beef falling under CN codes 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95 or 0206 29 91 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the period from 1 May to 30 April preceding the yearly import tariff quota period (hereinafter reference quantity).

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