Article 7

To qualify for the allocation of the part of the quota set aside for them, and to provide evidence of the imports or exports carried out during the reference period, traditional importers or exporters shall enclose with their licence applications:

• a certified copy of the original of the entry for free circulation or export declaration made out in the name of the importer or exporter concerned or, where applicable, that of the operator whose activities they have taken over,

• any equivalent evidence, as determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).