Article 6
1
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the first month of the quota sub-period, of the total quantities, expressed in kilograms, covered by licences they have issued, as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of that Regulation.
2
Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the fourth month following each annual period, of the quantities actually released for free circulation under this Regulation in the course of the period concerned, expressed in kilograms.
3
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities covered by unused or partly used import licences, in the first instance at the time of the application for the last sub-period and then again before the end of the fourth month following each annual period.