Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Article 8

1. Licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States between Monday and Wednesday each week, up to 13.00.

However, the first day each year for lodging applications shall be the first working day in January.

2. For products originating in Indonesia or China, licence applications may relate to imports to be carried out the following year if they are submitted during December on the basis of an export licence issued by the Indonesian or Chinese authorities for the year in question.

3. On the day following the day on which applications are lodged, and no later than 13.00 on the Thursday following the deadline for lodging applications laid down in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States shall send the Commission the following information:

(a) the total quantities covered by licence applications, by origin and product code;

(b) the number of certificate of origin submitted and the total quantity entered in the original document or an extract thereof;

(c) the reference numbers of the export certificates issued by the Indonesia or Chinese authorities and the corresponding quantities, and the name of the vessel.

4. Import licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the notification referred to in paragraph 3.

5. Import licences for products originating in Indonesia or China in respect of which applications are lodged in December for the following year shall not be issued before the first working day in January of the year in question.