Article 4 Submission of tenders

Tenders may only be lodged during tendering periods and shall be valid only for the tendering period in which they are lodged.

F1Each tendering period shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the Tuesday preceding the closing date as referred to in the third subparagraph, with the following exceptions:

If Tuesday is a public holiday, the period shall begin at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the following working day.

F2Each tendering period shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday of the month with the following exceptions:

If Tuesday is a public holiday the period shall end at 13.00 (Brussels time) on the previous working day.

Each tendering period shall be numbered in series starting with the first period provided for.

Tenders shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex II.

Tenders shall be submitted separately, by destination, for one of the product codes referred to in Article 1.

In addition to the requirement laid down in Article 3(5)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007, a tender shall indicate in Section 16 of the licence application the export refund product code preceded by ‘ex’ as referred to in Article 1 to this Regulation.