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1. The competent authorities shall only issue a prior authorization to those applicants who meet the conditions laid down in this Regulation.

2. The applicant shall submit to the competent authorities the contract concluded with the undertaking responsible for carrying out the processing operations for his account in the third country, or any evidence considered by the said authorities to be equivalent thereto.

3. The competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the Commission before 15 January each year of the total quantities, per category and third country, which are allocated to beneficiaries under Article 3 (4) during that quota year.

4. From 15 January of each year, requests for prior authorization may be notified to the Commission by the competent authorities and prior authorizations may be issued.

The competent authorities of the Member States, before issuing prior authorizations, shall notify the Commission of the amounts of the requests that they have received. By return, the Commission shall notify its confirmation that the requested amount(s) of quantities are available for reimportation in the chronological order in which the notifications of the Member States have been received (first come, first served basis). Normally, such notifications shall be communicated electronically within the integrated network set up for this purpose, unless for imperative resons it is necessary to use other means of communication temporarily.