1.Licence applications may be submitted only in the first seven days of the third month preceding each subperiod or, for Group No 3, in the first seven days of the third month preceding the quota period.
However licence applications for the quota period and subperiods commencing on 1 July 2007 may be submitted only in the first seven days following the entry into force of this Regulation. In any event, the period for submitting applications may not go beyond 30 June 2007.
2.A security of EUR 50 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of the licence application.
3.Member States shall notify the Commission, by the fifth day following the end of the period for submitting applications, of the total quantities in kilograms requested, broken down by group and origin.
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.