1.This Article shall apply to exports made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1643/2006.
2.Licence applications for the products indicated in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1643/2006 may be lodged only in Member States meeting the health conditions required by the importing country.
3.Licence applications and licences shall carry the entry ‘USA’ in box 7. Licences shall carry an obligation to export from the Member State of issue to that destination.
4.Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 notwithstanding, the quantities exported may not exceed those shown on the licence. Licences shall carry the entry ‘0’ in box 19.
5.Licences shall carry in box 22 one of the entries listed in Part B of Annex VII.
6.Member States shall communicate to the Commission:
(a)by 18.00 (Brussels time) on each working day, the total quantity of products for which applications have been lodged;
(b)no later than the end of the month in which the applications were lodged, a list of applicants.
7.If the quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed those available, the Commission shall set a single acceptance percentage for the quantities requested.
8.Licences shall be issued on the 10th working day following the date on which the application was lodged. No licences shall be issued for applications which have not been transmitted to the Commission.
9.Article 10(1), (2) and (3) of this Regulation notwithstanding, licences shall be valid 90 days from the actual day of issue, Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 applying, but not beyond 31 December of the year of issue.
10.Should the quantities applied for be reduced pursuant to paragraph 7 the security shall be immediately released for all quantities not granted.
11.Over and above the requirements specified in Article 32(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, release of security against export licences shall be conditional on presentation of proof of arrival at destination, Article 35(5) of that Regulation applying.