Article 3
1. Member States shall communicate by telex each week, not later than 12.00 hours GMT on Thursday, to the Commission and, for information, to the competent control authorities of the United Kingdom the list of vessels for which for the next licensing period a licence is requested to fish in the area. 2. Each list shall show the name and the external identification letters and numbers of each vessel. Only vessels which appear on the list referred to in Article 1 shall be eligible for a licence. 3. The Commission shall examine the lists referred to in paragraph 1 and transmit the definitive list of vessels by telex to the competent control authorities of the United Kingdom not later than 12.00 hours GMT on the following Friday. Vessels on this definitive list shall be considered to be in possession of a licence which allows them to fish during the next licensing period. 4. If the Commission is not in possession of a new list of vessels by 12.00 hours GMT on Thursday, the previous definitive list shall be applied for the next licensing period. 5. During the currency of a definitive list, a Member State may, by telex to the Commission, copied to the competent control authorities of the United Kingdom, request the replacement of a vessel on the list by another vessel on the list referred to in Article 1 or, if the definitive list contains less than the maximum number of vessels which may exercise their activity simultaneously, the addition to it of one or more vessels within that maximum. 6. The Commission shall by telex communicate any amendment of the definitive list to the Member State concerned and to the competent control authorities of the United Kingdom as soon as possible and in any case within one working day of receiving the request. The Member State shall immediately inform the owner or master of any vessel affected by an amendment of the list. No replacement vessel or additional vessel shall be licensed to fish until the Member State concerned and the competent control authorities have been so informed by the Commission.