1.Imports of the quantities set out in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and in Article 2(a) to (e) and (g) shall be subject to presentation, on release for free circulation, of import licences issued in accordance with Article 4(a) and (b) and paragraph 2 of this Article.
2.The original of the certificate of authenticity drawn up in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 plus a copy thereof shall be presented to the competent authority together with the application for the first import licence relating to the certificate of authenticity.
Certificates of authenticity may be used for the issuing of more than one import licence for quantities not exceeding that shown on the certificate. Where more than one licence is issued in respect of a certificate, the competent authority shall endorse the certificate of authenticity to show the quantity attributed.
The competent authorities may issue import licences only after they are satisfied that all the information on the certificate of authenticity corresponds to that received each week from the Commission on the subject. The licences shall be issued immediately thereafter.
3.Notwithstanding the first and the third subparagraphs of paragraph 2, and subject to compliance with paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, the competent authorities may issue import licences when:
(a)the original of the certificate of authenticity has been presented but the relevant information from the Commission has not yet been received; or
(b)the original of the certificate of authenticity has not been presented; or
(c)the original of the certificate of authenticity has been presented and the relevant information from the Commission has been received but certain data are not in conformity.
4.In the cases referred to in paragraph 3, notwithstanding point (a) of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008, the security to be lodged for import licences shall be equal to the amount corresponding, for the products in question, to the full customs duty under the Common Customs Tariff applicable on the day on which the application for the import licence is submitted.
After having received the original of the certificate of authenticity and the Commission information on the certificate in question and after having checked that this data is in conformity, the Member States shall release this security on condition that the security referred to in point (a) of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008 has been lodged for the same import licence.
5.The presentation to the competent authority of the original of the conforming authenticity certificate before expiry of the period of validity of the import licence concerned shall constitute a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 19 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2012(1) for the security referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 4.
6.The amounts of the security referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 4 not released shall be forfeited and retained as customs duties.