1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.

2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:

1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).

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, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof 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-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.

4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.

5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.

6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.

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 first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’

1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

2.   Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (*1) shall be respected.

3.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).

4.   A security of EUR 50 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.

5.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.

6.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.

7.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:

8.   Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

9.   In accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:

2.   No later than 30 April 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during the quota period 2014.

3.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms and broken down by order number.’

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.

2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:

3.   No later than 30 April 2016, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that quota period.

4.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.’