Article 16
1. Specific open licences shall be issued on the form, a model of which is set out in Annex II. 2. General open licences shall be issued on the form, a model of which is set out in Annex III. 3. The licence form shall be produced in printed or electronic form in one or more of the official languages of the Union. 4. The licence shall measure 210 × 297 mm. A tolerance of up to minus 5 mm or plus 8 mm in the length shall be allowed. The paper used shall be white, free of mechanical pulp, dressed for writing purposes and weigh at least 55 g/m 2 . It shall have a printed guilloche pattern background in light blue such as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means. 5. The second sheet of the licence, which shall not have a guilloche pattern background, is for the exporter’s own use or records only. The application form to be used shall be prescribed by the Member State concerned. 6. Member States may reserve the right to print the licence forms or may have them printed by approved printers. In the latter case, each form must bear a reference to such approval. Each form must bear the name and address of the printer or a mark by which the printer can be identified. It shall also bear a serial number, either printed or stamped, by which it can be identified. 7. Member States shall be responsible for taking any measure necessary in order to avoid the forging of licences. The means of identification adopted by Member States for this purpose shall be notified to the Commission, for communication to the competent authorities of the other Member States. 8. Licences shall be made out by mechanical or electronic means. In exceptional circumstances they may be made out by black ball point pen in block capitals. They shall not contain erasures, overwritten words or other alterations.