Article 4
1. Applications for import rights shall reach the competent authority in the Member State where the applicant is entered in the national VAT register: (a) no later than 13:00, Brussels time, on the second Friday following the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union , for applications related to the sub-period as referred to in Article 1(3)(a); (b) no later than 13:00, Brussels time, on 12 January 2007 for applications related to the sub-period as referred to in Article 1(3)(b). All quantities presented as reference quantity, in application of Article 3, shall constitute the import rights applied for. 2. After verifying the documents submitted, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission no later than the third Friday following the end of the respective periods for the submission of applications referred to in paragraph 1, a list of applicants for import rights under the quota provided for in Article 1, including in particular their names and addresses and the quantities of eligible meat imported during the reference period concerned. 3. Communications of the information referred to in paragraph 2, including nil returns, shall be sent by fax or e-mail using the form in Annex I.