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1. The release for free circulation of products under Community surveillance shall be subject to presentation of an import document. This document shall be issued by the Member States, free of charge, for all quantities requested no later than five working days after the lodging of a simple request by any Community importer in accordance with the national legislation in force, wherever he may be established in the Community.

2. The importer's request must indicate:

(a) the name and address of the importer;

(b) a description of the product, with reference to:

— the CN codes,

— the country of origin;

(c) the expected date(s) and place(s) of delivery.

3. For products subject to surveillance as provided for in Article 2, the Member States shall notify the Commission within the first 10 days of each month of the quantities and values for which import documents have been issued in the preceding month. This information from the Member States shall be broken down by category of product and by country.

4. Where the nature of the products or particular circumstances so require, the Commission may, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, adjust the frequency with which information must be notified.

5. Where necessary, the Commission shall notify the Member States of trends in imports into the Community of products listed in Annex I.