Article 1
1. Applications for provisional export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1876/97 in respect of the product groups identified by Note Nos 16, 17, 20, 21 and 25 in column 1 of the Annex hereto, - by applicants which show an export to the United States of America of the products in question during at least one of the preceding three years and whose designated importers are subsidiaries shall be accepted in so far as the allocation coefficients indicated in column 4 of the Annex allow, - by applicants other than those provided for under the first indent which show an export to the United States of America of the products in question during at least one of the preceding three years shall be accepted in so far as the coefficients in column 5 of the Annex allow, - by applicants other than those provided for under the first and second indents above shall be rejected. 2. Applications for provisional export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1876/97 in respect of the product groups identified by Note Nos 18 and 22 in column 1 of the Annex hereto shall be accepted for the quantities requested. On the further application of the trader within three working days of the entry into force of this Regulation and subject to the lodging of the security applicable, provisional export licences may be issued for further quantities in so far as the coefficients in column 6 of the Annex allow.