Article 4a · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014

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Article 4aIssue of import licences for the quota period 2015#

1.The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

2.Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014^note shall be respected.

3.Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1).

4.Each issuing of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged in accordance with Article 3a(2) shall be released proportionally without delay.

5.Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.

6.Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.

7.Licence applications and import licences shall contain:

(a)in box 8, the name ‘Ukraine’ as country of origin and the box ‘yes’ marked by a cross;

(b)in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.

8.Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

9.By way of derogation from Article 5(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008, the import licences shall be valid 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.