S.L. 549.51 Art. 17Acknowledgement of receipt of application and request for information.

(1) Within twenty days following the receipt of the application, the competent authorities of the Member State of destination, the competent authority as competent authority of the

Member State of transit, and the competent authorities of the other Member States of transit, if any, shall verify that the application is duly completed.

(2) In case the application is duly completed, the competent authorities of the Member State of destination shall send an acknowledgement of receipt of application to the competent authorities of the Member State of origin and they shall copy it to the competent authority, as competent authority of the Member State of transit, and the competent authorities of the other Member States of transit, if any, not later than ten days after expiry of the twenty days period set out in sub-regulation (1).

(3) If any of the competent authorities of the Member States concerned consider that the application is not duly completed, they shall request the missing information from the competent authorities of the Member State of origin and inform the competent authority as competent authority of the Member State of transit, and the competent authorities of the other Member States of transit, if any, of such request: Provided that this request shall be made not later than the expiry of the period set out in sub-regulation (1).

(4) The competent authorities of the Member State of origin shall transmit the requested information to the competent authorities concerned.

(5) Not later than ten days after the date of receipt of the missing information and not earlier than after expiry of the twenty day period set out in sub-regulation (1), the competent authorities of the Member State of destination shall send an acknowledgement of receipt of application to the competent authorities of the Member State of origin and shall copy it to the competent authority, as competent authority of the Member State of transit, and the competent authorities of the other Member States of transit, if any.

(6) The time periods set out in sub-regulations (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) for issuing the acknowledgement of receipt of application may be shortened if the competent authorities of destination, competent authority as competent authority of the Member State of transit, and the competent authorities of the other Member States of transit, if any, are satisfied that the application is duly completed.