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1. Import or export licences shall authorise the import or export of products which are subject to quotas and shall be valid throughout the Community, regardless of the place of import or export mentioned in the applications by the operators. Where a quota is limited to one or several regions of the Community, import or export licences shall be valid only in the Member State(s) of the region(s) in question.

2. The period of validity of import or export licences to be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States shall be four months. However, a different period of validity may be set in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

3. The holders of import or export licences may, on request, obtain extracts thereof from the competent authorities which issued the licences in the Member State concerned. Such extracts shall have the same legal effects as the licences from which they are derived, up to the quantity for which the licences were issued.

4. Applications for import or export licences, licences and extracts shall be drawn up on forms conforming to a specimen the characteristics of which shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).