Article 5
1. The competent authority shall: - verify the information referred to in Article 2 (2) (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91 and record the details of the undertaking referred to in Article 4, - inform the producers concerned, no later than 1 March 1992, whether their application has been accepted or not and, where appropriate, inform the purchasers concerned. 2. Where the total of the applications eligible for compensation exceeds the amount laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91 converted into national currency using the agricultural conversion rate in force on 17 June 1991, the Member State concerned shall determine rules for the acceptance of applications on the basis of one or more of the following criteria: - the date of receipt of the application, - the age of the producer, - the size of the reference quantity, - the criteria referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91.