Article 4
1. Licence applications may be submitted only during the first 10 days of each period specified in Article 2. However, as far as 1997 is concerned, licence applications for the quantities available for the periods referred to in the first two indents of Article 2 may be submitted only during the first 10 days of April 1997. 2. Licence applications shall be admissible only where the applicant declares in writing that he has not submitted and undertakes not to submit any applications, in respect of the current period, concerning products in the same group in the Member State in which his application is lodged, or in other Member States. Where the same applicant submits more than one application relating to products in the same group, all applications from that person shall be inadmissible. 3. A security of ECU 30 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for import licence applications for all products referred to in Article 1. 4. Member States shall notify the Commission on the third working day following the end of the application submission period of applications submitted for each of the products in the group. Such notification shall include a list of applicants and a statement of the quantities applied for in each group. All notifications, including nil returns, shall be made by telex or fax on the working day stipulated, using the model in Annex II in cases where no application has been submitted and the models in Annexes II and III in cases where applications have been submitted. 5. The Commission shall decide as quickly as possible to what extent the applications referred to in Article 3 may be granted. If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall fix as single acceptance rate as a percentage of quantities applied for. 6. Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after the Commission has taken its decision. 7. Licences may be used only for products complying with all the veterinary requirements in force in the Community.