S.L. 460.6 Art. 5Marketing certificates.

(1) Marketing certificates shall be issued by the competent authority to any person who files an application in relation to any or all of the goods listed in the Annex:

(a) for set quantities or maximum quantities and for a set period of validity, and

(b) within a maximum of three weeks from the closing date of a call for applications for marketing certificates issued by the competent authority.

(2) If the quantities specified in the applications exceed the quantities envisaged by the competent authority for the market by virtue of the implementation of the safeguard clause, then the competent authority shall reduce the quantities accordingly and proportionately taking into account the arrivals and trade flow development prior to the implementation of the safeguard clause.

(3) Goods originating from the Community shall, in no case, be treated less favourably than goods originating from outside the Community.