Applications for an authorisation referred to in the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 shall be submitted in writing to F1the Secretary of State. F2...

Applications shall include the name and contact details of the applicants, shall indicate the precise provisions of the listed extra-territorial legislation or the subsequent action at stake, and shall describe the scope of the authorisation that is being requested and the damage that would be caused by non-compliance.

The applicants shall provide in their application sufficient evidence that non-compliance would cause serious damage to at least one protected interest.

Where necessary, the F3Secretary of State may request additional evidence from the applicants, which shall provide it within a reasonable period set by the F3Secretary of State.

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