THAN 7 APRIL 1980 .
2 . WITH REGARD TO THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , LICENCES SHALL BE ISSUED TO THE APPLICANTS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 4 , WITHIN THE QUANTITY INDICATED IN THE APPLICATION AND UP TO 12.5 % OF THE REFERENCE QUANTITY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THAT ARTICLE .
3 . LICENCES FOR IMPORT OPERATIONS TO BE EFFECTED DURING THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE ISSUED BEFORE 15 APRIL 1980 .
4 . MEMBER STATES SHALL COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMISSION NOT LATER THAN 21 APRIL 1980 THE QUANTITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH LICENCES WERE APPLIED FOR AND GRANTED .
ARTICLE 3
1 . WITH REGARD TO THE PERIODS OTHER THAN THAT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 , MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION BY TELEX :
( A ) AT THE LATEST ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH PRECEDING EACH QUARTER AND ON THE FIRST OCCASION BY 5 JUNE 1980 , THE QUANTITIES INDICATED FOR EACH QUARTER IN THE LICENCE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THEM ;
( B ) AT THE LATEST ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH OF EACH QUARTER , THE QUANTITIES FOR THE QUARTER IN QUESTION IN RESPECT OF WHICH IMPORT LICENCES WERE ISSUED BETWEEN THE 20TH DAY AND THE END OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH .
2 . ON THE BASIS OF THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 1 , THE COMMISSION SHALL ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DECIDE , AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 4 , ON THE QUANTITIES OF PRODUCTS FOR WHICH LICENCES SHALL BE ISSUED .
3 . THE COMMISSION SHALL REACH A DECISION DURING THE WEEK FOLLWING THAT IN WHICH THE QUANTITIES APPLIED FOR ARE NOTIFIED TO IT . IF , HOWEVER , THE COMMISSION FAILS TO ACT WITHIN THAT WEEK THE CONDITIONS PREVIOUSLY IN FORCE FOR THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY .
4 . IMPORT LICENCES SHALL BE ISSUED , WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE AMOUNTS APPLIED FOR , FOR THE QUANTITIES DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION . THEY SHALL BE ISSUED FROM THE 20TH DAY UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH PRECEDING THE QUARTER IN QUESTION .
IF APPLICATIONS RELATE TO QUANTITIES EXCEEDING THOSE SPECIFIED BY THE COMMISSION , THEY SHALL BE REFUSED .
ARTICLE 4
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ), THE COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE THE QUANTITIES OF PRODUCTS FOR WHICH LICENCES SHALL BE ISSUED BY FIXING A PERCENTAGE TO BE APPLIED TO THE REFERENCE QUANTITY FOR EACH APPLICANT .
THE REFERENCE QUANTITY SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS IN BRINE IMPORTED BY THE APPLICANT INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1977 AND 1978 .
PROOF RELATING TO THE QUANTITIES IMPORTED IN 1977 AND 1978 SHALL BE FURNISHED AT THE TIME WHEN THE APPLICATION FOR THE LICENCE IS SUBMITTED BY THE PRODUCTION OF THE CUSTOMS DOCUMENTS FOR RELEASE INTO FREE CIRCULATION .
ARTICLE 5
WHERE APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED BY PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT IMPORTED THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION INTO