Article 4

Within four hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders laid down in Article 3(1), the intervention agency concerned shall notify the Commission of tenders received. If no tenders are received, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission within the same time limit. If the Member State does not notify the Commission within the stipulated time limit, the Commission shall consider that no tender has been submitted in the Member State concerned.

The notifications referred to in the first subparagraph shall be sent electronically and be based on the model at Annex. The tenderers shall not be identified.