1.Applications for import rights must cover at least 50 animals and may not cover more than 5 % of the quantity available.
2.Applications for import rights shall be lodged at the latest before 13.00, Brussels time, on 1 December preceding the annual quota period in question.
3.After verification of the documents presented, Member States shall notify the Commission, by the tenth working day following the end of the period for the submission of applications at the latest, of the total quantities applied for.
Notwithstanding Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Article 11 of that Regulation shall apply.