1.Licence applications may be submitted only in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 3.
2.A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged when an application for a licence is submitted.
3.Not later than the fifth day following the end of the period for submission of applications, Member States shall notify the Commission of the total quantities, in kilograms, applied for in respect of each group.
4.Licences shall be issued as of the seventh working day and at the latest by the eleventh working day following the end of the notification period provided for in paragraph 3.
5.If necessary, the Commission shall establish any quantities that have not been applied for, and these shall be added automatically to the quantity for the following quota subperiod.