Article 14
1. To the extent that the Commission pursuant to Article 4 of the Decision has confirmed that the amount requested is available within the quantitative limit in question, the competent authorities of the Member States shall issue an import authorization within a maximum of five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence. This presentation must be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the licence have been shipped. Import authorizations shall be issued by the competent authorities of any Member State irrespective of the Member State indicated on the export licence, to the extent that the Commission, pursuant to Article 4 of the Decision, has confirmed that the amount requested is available within the quantitative limit in question. 2. The import authorizations shall be valid for four months from the date of their issue. Upon duly motivated request by an importer, the competent authorities of a Member State may extend the duration of validity for a further period not exceeding two months. Such extensions shall be notified to the Commission. In exceptional circumstances, an importer may request a second period of extension. These exceptional requests may be granted only by a decision taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the Decision. 3. Import authorizations shall be drawn up in the form set out in Appendix II of this Annex and shall be valid throughout the customs territory of the Community. 4. The declaration or request made by the importer in order to obtain the import authorization shall contain: (a) the full name and address of the exporter; (b) the full name and address of the importer; (c) the exact description of the goods and the CN code(s); (d) the country of origin of the goods; (e) the country of consignment; (f) the appropriate product group and the quantity in the appropriate unit as indicated in Annex IV of the Decision for the products in question; (g) the net weight by CN heading; (h) the cif value of the products at Community frontier by CN heading (as indicated in box 13 of the export licence); (i) whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality; (j) where appropriate, dates of payment and delivery and a copy of the bill of lading and of the purchase contract; (k) date and number of the export licence; (l) any internal code used for administrative purposes; (m) date and signature of importer. 5. Importers shall not be obliged to import the total quantity covered by an import authorization in a single consignment.