Import rights applications

1. Applications for import rights shall be submitted no later than 13.00, Brussels time, on the 15 th calendar day following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

2. A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.

3. Applicants for import rights shall demonstrate that a quantity of pigmeat products falling under CN codes 0203 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12 th month period immediately prior to the import tariff quota period (hereinafter ‘reference quantity’). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having imported reference quantities, may use those reference quantities as a basis for its application.

4. The total quantity covered by applications for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota period shall not exceed the applicant's reference quantities. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.

5. No later than the 7 th working day following the end of the period for the submission of applications referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall notify the Commission of the total quantities applied for in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.

6. Import rights shall be awarded as from the 7 th and no later than the 12 th working day following the end of the period for the notifications referred to in paragraph 5.

7. If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.

8. Import rights shall be valid from the day of the issue until 31 October 2014. Import rights shall not be transferable.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 414/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine ANNEX I ANNEX II