Article 5 Import licence applications

Licence applications shall be submitted the first seven days of each subperiod referred to in Article 3(2).

F1Without prejudice to the first subparagraph, licence applications for the first sub-period referred to in Article 3(2) may be submitted from the eighth to the 14th day of the month preceding that sub-period.

The Commission shall suspend the submission of applications for licences until the end of the marketing year for the order numbers for which the available quantities are exhausted. However, the Commission shall withdraw the suspension and readmit applications when quantities become available again according to the notifications referred to in Article 9(2)(ii).