Article 6
Regulation (EC) No 2562/98 is amended as follows: 1. Article 4(1) is replaced by the following: "1. Licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of the month preceding each period as specified in Article 2." 2. The following paragraph 6 is added to Article 4: "6. Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the fourth month following each annual period defined in Annex I, of the quantities of actual imports of products under this Regulation for that period. All notifications, including notifications that there have been no imports, shall be made using the model shown in Annex IV." 3. Article 5 is replaced by the following: "Article 5 Pursuant to Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences for the products referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 1 shall be valid for 150 days from the date of actual issue. However, licences shall not be valid beyond 31 December of the year of issue. Import licences, issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable." 4. Article 6 is replaced by the following: "Article 6 A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for import licence applications for all products referred to in Article 1." 5. Annex I to this Regulation is added as Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2562/98.