Submission of applications
Article 3
1. Applications for an authorisation referred to in the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 shall be submitted in writing to: European Commission Service for Foreign Policy Instruments EEAS 07/99 B-1049 Brussels, Belgium EC-AUTHORISATIONS-BLOCKING-REG@ec.europa.eu 2. Applications shall include the name and contact details of the applicants, shall indicate the precise provisions of the listed extra-territorial legislation or the subsequent action at stake, and shall describe the scope of the authorisation that is being requested and the damage that would be caused by non-compliance. 3. The applicants shall provide in their application sufficient evidence that non-compliance would cause serious damage to at least one protected interest. 4. Where necessary, the Commission may request additional evidence from the applicants, which shall provide it within a reasonable period set by the Commission. 5. The Commission shall inform the Committee on Extra-territorial Legislation as soon as it receives applications.