Article 4 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550

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Article 4Import licence applications#

1.Import licence applications shall be submitted each week, from Monday to Friday, starting on the second Monday of September prior to the marketing year for which they are applied.

2.Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply mutatis mutandis. However, the submission of proof provided for in that Article may not be required for operators approved in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006.

3.Import licence applications and import licences shall contain the following entries:

(a)in box 8: the country of origin: one of the countries listed in Annex I to this Regulation. The word ‘yes’ being marked with a cross;

(b)in box 16, one or more eight-digit CN codes listed either as ‘sugar intended for refining’ or as ‘sugar not intended for refining’ as provided for in Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1538;

(c)in boxes 17 and 18: the quantity of sugar in ‘tel. quel weight’;

(d)in box 20:

(i)‘sugar intended for refining’ or ‘sugar not intended for refining’,

(ii)at least one of the entries listed in part A of Annex II,

(iii)the marketing year to which they are related;

(e)in box 24:

(i)at least one of the entries listed in part B of Annex II,

(ii)if applicable the text listed in part C of Annex II.

4.Import licence applications shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant has lodged a security of EUR 20 per tonne of the quantity of sugar indicated in box 17 of the licence.

5.Import licence applications concerning imports from third countries listed in Annex I shall bear the reference number as shown in that Annex.