1. On Thursday or Friday at the latest of each week, Member States shall issue licences for the applications submitted the preceding week and notified as provided for in Article 7(1). Import licences shall not be issued for quantities that had not been notified.
2. Licences shall be valid as from their date of issue or 1 October of the marketing year for which they are issued whatever is the latest.
3. Licences shall be valid to the end of the third month following their start validity date without exceeding 30 September of the marketing year for which they are issued.
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CitationArticle 5 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1550 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)